You have political experience which is very much to your credit, and I have a great deal of respect for you. However, I learn something new every day in Ottawa.
You said earlier that you have not had an opportunity to hold office at the federal or provincial level, but I, fortunately, have had that opportunity and I have also worked at the municipal level. I can tell you that the development and economic stimulus plan that Ottawa is rolling out now is extremely rigourous. What the government really wants to do now is put the economy back on track, and that seems to be well underway. Some 300,000 jobs have been created in the last year and a half, and that is continuing.