Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the member for London-Middlesex on his remarks, particularly to show this House that perhaps we are not going to hear the nonsense and clap-trap of the previous government about a jobless recovery because there is no recovery unless there are jobs for people and unless we can really have people back working again. I congratulate him on addressing that very profound question of jobs in our community and in our country.
Would the member go beyond just simply saying that we do need jobs and really put that into action by having his government put forward specific targets for the reduction of unemployment which we could debate in this House? I would like to see this.
I would like to know the member's reaction to having the government come forward and being accountable to the people by saying: "Here is our target not just for the reduction of the deficit"-and I agree the deficit is a problem-"but here is our target to reduce unemployment. We are going to put it before the House, we are going to defend that target and we are going to have a debate on it". Does the hon. member think that would be a useful thing for his government to do?