I want to be careful here about what I say, because I don't have full knowledge of how complete the department's analysis is of job statistics.
That said, having been involved with the department for a year and a half now, I am not aware of anywhere in the department where they collect job loss and job gain numbers. They may do that; if you want, I can check into it.
My perception is that they do what many of the other departments do, and that is work through Statistics Canada. They collect the data for departments to use and to release publicly. I don't want to be held to that for sure, because I'm not fully confident on that. I can find that out for you.
Perhaps an amendment could suggest that the clerk gather the information when it becomes publicly available and present it to the committee. That would allow us to take Statistics Canada's numbers and get the reports. But that would be up to the committee. We can certainly vote on it.
We'll be opposing this motion as it's written, but I think we would be comfortable with having the clerk gather the information when it becomes publicly available and make a presentation to the committee.