Mr. Speaker, in my opinion what does not wash is that the Minister of Finance sang a different tune altogether when he was still a member of the opposition. That is what does not wash.
I would like to know whether the Minister of Finance realizes that since he took office-I am mot talking just about the past five months-interest rates have gone up by one third. This stopped the weak economic recovery dead in its tracks, for, over the past five months, there has been no net job creation in Canada-a figure supported by Statistics Canada.