Right.
The honourable member is absolutely right that Canadian corporations are in strong balance sheet positions, strong cash positions. Now, this is true also in the United States. And it's a challenge, because the view of many is that we're going through a difficult economic time; there's a large degree of uncertainty and a certain lack of confidence.
I must say that in our own country, in Canada, there's good reason to have confidence, for all the reasons I expressed earlier. The world looks at Canada as being in relatively good shape and as being solid, stable, and reliable.
I encourage Canadian businesses to invest. I'm sure they will, over time, as confidence mounts and we're able to see further employment in Canada.
Our unemployment rate is 7.1% now. It's two full percentage points better than the rate in the United States. We haven't been in that situation for a generation.