I guess the starting point is where the jobs are coming from. They're disproportionately coming from the west. Quebec and Ontario have been particularly weak. We have an important manufacturing sector, and we've seen a tremendous shedding of jobs in that area.
As I noted before, the national statistics right now are completely meaningless, for a whole host of variables. For example, with inflation, we have a bizarre situation. Every single province other than Alberta is below the national average. The real gross domestic product in Alberta increased this year by about 7%; the nominal income growth there is probably more like 14%.
Looking at the impact does somewhat mask the weakness we've had in the manufacturing sectors. That's really a story of some ongoing struggles in adapting to the stronger value of the Canadian dollar and, now, some additional pressures from the weaker demand from the United States.