Talking about partnerships, Mr. Speaker, if the hon. member wants to take a look at what the government has introduced, whether it is technology partnerships by the minister of energy; Team Canada which has become one of the most important innovations in international trade around the world and is in fact a partnership with the federal government, the provincial governments and the private sector; or the multitude of youth programs introduced by the minister of HRD, he would see before him a government committed to partnership. It is the reason the private sector created over three-quarters of a million jobs.
In terms of Saskatchewan we are delighted to see the tremendous number of new jobs created, with retail sales going up as a result of the agricultural boom occurring in western Canada. I would certainly thank the senior minister from Saskatchewan, the minister of agriculture, for what is going on in Saskatchewan.