We need both, especially right now.
Professor Fortin has covered what's happening with the American policies that are shifting what's happening in Canada right now. That's been covered already in this meeting quite substantially. We need job creation, and we need that job creation to be high-quality jobs so that people have the opportunities that lead to life satisfaction and to being able to create the life they're looking for. It also leads to higher productivity in our economy and then helps our economy grow. If we're looking at only low-wage jobs all the time, then we're just looking at the lowest possible growth and productivity gains that we could have, or even declining productivity. I would say it's not an either-or question. We need both.
Inside of that, what about looking at policies that improve stability in jobs? I'm thinking about fair scheduling rules, for example. If you do need to have two jobs in order to make ends meet, you can actually schedule between those two, the way you can also schedule your social life, pick up your kids from school and do those sorts of things. As well, different provinces have varying degrees of minimum wage. What does it mean to provide and ensure that workers in each province actually have enough money to thrive in the economy?
We need to be looking, right now, at boosting our economy from Canada first. If we don't create jobs that actually allow for that economic growth, we're not going to counteract what's happening in the U.S. right now.