I'm glad you mentioned the current account balance. As you know, the current account balance is not only reflective of trade balances, but it's also reflective of investment flows into and out of Canada. It's reflective of revenues generated by investment. I don't know if you're aware of this, but it's also reflective of foreign aid flows out of Canada. Last year those alone were somewhere in the order of between $4 billion and $5 billion. When you take that into account, if you were using the current account balances as your only indicator of economic success, you might have made a case, but it would be a big mistake to do that. Most economists would agree with me that it is only one of many different indicators.
The indicator I would direct you to is one which I believe determines the issue. What has Canada done in terms of economic performance, especially when it comes to job creation? As you know, since the depths of the recession in July 2009, the Canadian economy has created 900,000 new jobs. We lead the G-7 in job creation performance. I'm very proud of that record. I won't make any apologies for that record. I'm absolutely confident that as time goes on we'll continue to see very significant job creation from our government, from our economy, I should add, and also a continued focus by our government on the most fundamental issues, which allow our economy to stay healthy, such as low taxes and a highly educated workforce, making sure we're an attractive place for foreign investment.