Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Minister. I'll jump right into it. Thank you for staying a bit longer as well.
The situation in western Canada, particularly in my home province in Alberta.... You're a member of Parliament from Mississauga. That's all right, but you do represent a significant portion of western Canada.
We have been struggling significantly since your party took office. Our unemployment rate has doubled. I'm not saying that's because of your party, but there has yet to be some hope and help come towards western Canada.
Of all the money that you announced you're spending across the country—we heard about the Ontario amount—what types of ideas, what plans do you have to get people back to work in western Canada and particularly in Alberta? We're in a situation that's at a crisis point. We have started an Alberta jobs task force because there doesn't appear to be a plan from this government.
If you could comment on that it would be very helpful to me and to the people who live in my province.