I would like to get some clarity in that regard. I would like to know how many jobs were maintained.
You have conducted a comprehensive analysis, with comprehensive figures on the number of jobs that were maintained and created. What is important or what would be interesting to know is how many jobs were maintained and how many were actually created.
We all want taxpayers to get their money's worth. I would like to return to what Mr. Nadeau touched on earlier. Approximately one sixth of the Canadian budget has been allocated to the economic stimulus plan: we would therefore expect to get our money's worth.
Are we talking about jobs that were maintained? Are there actually people who lost their jobs and for whom new ones were created, or are these people who were already in the construction industry and who, from one year to the next, worked on one project or another? Do you have such figures?