Mr. Speaker, all indicators clearly show that the Canadian economy is now headed in the right direction.
Since this government took office, consumer confidence has increased considerably. The number of unemployed people in Canada has gone down. I think that the budget presented in February was very, very well received by the financial community because they know that this Minister of Finance and this government have a very specific plan. We want to create jobs, that is our priority. To do so, we must reduce the deficit to 3 per cent of gross national revenue within three years.
We will keep this promise as we have kept other promises, and the financial community will indeed have confidence in Canada when we clearly establish this country's political stability.