Mr. Speaker, the facts of the matter are, since we have taken office, over 700,000 new jobs have been created by the private sector. Since we have taken office, the unemployment rate has dropped by a point and a half. Since we have taken office, Canada's current account surplus has been the highest that it has been since 1984. We have become one of the major exporting nations of the world. We have turned the economy around and it is felt from coast to coast to coast.
In the House of Commons on October 30th, 1996. See this statement in context.