Mr. Speaker, amidst the tumultuous events of last week a very important milestone was not properly recognized.
The government has now served two years since it was officially elected by the people of Canada. The most appropriate way to celebrate that event is to point out, with the employment statistics released on Friday, that since the election over 500,000 full time permanent jobs have been created in Canada.
In particular it is important to point out that last month alone 46,000 jobs were created for young people, which is the highest increase in one month for young people since June 1986.
I am happy to report that in the province of Manitoba, which I share with the hon. member-