Mr. Speaker, I respectfully submit to the hon. member that she should look at the facts. That may be an unusual experience for her but it would be very helpful under the circumstances.
The reality is that last week a Statistics Canada report indicated that since the election of the government in the fall of 1993 over half a billion full time permanent jobs have been created.
That is not something to be ignored. It shows there is a growing strength in the economy. In Quebec a substantial reduction in the unemployment rate has taken place by almost 2 percentage points.
Rather than relying on the somewhat dubious claims of the Canadian Labour Congress, the member should look at the hard reality of facts as presented by Statistics Canada.