Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his presentation.
However, I do not share his enthusiasm regarding the fact that everything is fine. We hear that quite often: All is well. Things are very good.
However, we seem to forget that there is a slowdown, especially in Canada, in terms of growth. We especially seem to forget that there are 1.4 million people who are without jobs here in Canada, and if we look at people who are not looking for jobs and who are actually just out of it, we are talking about 1.7 million people. We are talking about 17.2% unemployment for youth.
Would the member explain how he can say things are going so well when right now there is a big difference between the rich and the poor, and the difference is getting bigger, as the IMF will state?