Mr. Speaker, while the Human Resources Development Committtee was travelling, we were told repeatedly that it was not merely a question of training but of jobs, real jobs. And yet this budget contains nothing about employment.
How does the finance minister dare demand an additional sacrifice from the unemployed, to the tune of at least $700 million, when he has imposed a temporary tax of $100 million over two years on banks and financial institutions although we know that the Royal Bank alone recorded profits of $1.2 billion last year?