Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Human Resources Development.
According to the minister's own numbers, government will have to spend $92,000 to create one job through its infrastructure program. On the other hand, cutting UI premiums will create private sector jobs at a cost of $50,000 per job.
My question to the minister is this: If cutting taxes creates almost twice as many jobs as spending tax dollars then why is
this government still planning to launch such an inefficient infrastructure program when it can simply cut taxes?