Mr. Speaker, the truth of the matter is that the minister does not take into account population growth when he boasts about such things. The Quebec government, on the other hand, has every reason to be proud of its performance because, despite this government's failure to act, it has managed, through Minister Paillé's plan, to promote job creation.
How can this government boast about its performance, when we have 20,000 more people on welfare in Quebec this year, when the unemployment rate is 11.2 per cent, and when the number of people who are out of work exceeds 400,000? How can this government be proud of its performance, when it has nothing to offer and when everyone can see-as more than 49 per cent of Quebecers did on October 30-that deep changes are urgently needed?