On the first part of your question, I'll note that unemployment has been trending upwards lately. It's now up over 1.1 million Canadians who are officially recognized as being unemployed in the labour force survey. It's also interesting to note that a lot of the employment growth has been self-employment, as opposed to positions paid by an employer. You've got to ask if Canadians are becoming self-employed voluntarily or because they can't find jobs—
On May 26th, 2008. See this statement in context.