Sure.
The main reason job creation has been so strong is the strength in the energy sector. A lot of that job creation has been in Alberta--in vast disproportion. Also, there are the interest rates. Even though they were moving up, they're still relatively low by historic standards and they are helping the construction industry.
What can we do to increase interprovincial mobility? I mentioned EI, but I want to emphasize that the perversities in EI are only a part, maybe even a small part, of why interprovincial mobility is as weak as it is.
One thing I would like to see is a program, in HRSDC, for example, specifically focused on interprovincial mobility and looking at the family as a family. It's a big decision to make that move, find the job, help the family move, counselling, and all that. It's a social program, to help that mobility. I think that's something the federal government could do. I harp on EI, because we've been talking about it for 15 years. It's within your grasp to make those changes. But it is only a small part.
At the same time, I should say that what has happened in the province of Saskatchewan is amazing. Job creation has been weaker in Saskatchewan over the last decade than in most of the eastern provinces, yet the unemployment rate is always one of the lowest. People move from Saskatchewan when job prospects are weak; they don't move from the east.
So you can't just blame our EI system. It's a very complex issue as to why there are all those jobs out there and we have 300,000 people in the east who are unemployed.