I think the purpose of this graph is to actually use the government's numbers to show what it's assuming. We actually applaud the government for the level of transparency that it had, particularly in its annex in the budget, which highlighted the multipliers for all the different programs.
Sir, I believe you raised questions about the multipliers last time we were here.
What this graph on page 21 actually shows is what we know now about the first quarter of 2009. It's dramatically worse. We lost 200,000 jobs in January and February alone. A lot of private sector forecasters are saying that March is probably going to be another kind of unfortunate month as well, with other significant job losses.
That 1.9% real GDP impact actually translated into employment numbers--which I believe is on the next slide--of about 190,000 over that period of time. We lost those jobs already, in January and February, so we're just highlighting that in this graph. The starting point to equal zero is much worse based on the information that Mr. Flaherty and the government had in January 2009.