Mr. Speaker, I have great respect for the hon. member, but I suggest perhaps that a review of the numbers would demonstrate that there has not been a net loss of jobs. There has been a net creation of jobs and all of the numbers show that. That answers his question. The premise of his question being incorrect, therefore the question follows.
Since we took office there has been very large scale job creation. Almost 600,000 jobs have been created in the private sector since we took office. That is a very substantial record and we are very proud of it.