Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition left out all the important parts of the budget. First of all, we increased benefits for low-income Canadians and those with dependent children. We reduced unemployment insurance premiums to
create jobs. In fact, we said that as a result of this budget, 40,000 people would get jobs.
When the hon. member was in the Conservative government, he reduced and cut benefits under programs that had been created to fight unemployment. He raised premiums and increased unemployment at the same time. That is the difference. Our objective is to create jobs for Canadians, while when the hon. member was a minister in the Conservative government, the objective was to reduce employment.