Mr. Speaker, if the Prime Minister wants to test the waters, he would do better to answer his own questions during the election campaign.
In 1993, the red book lamented the 1.6 million unemployed in Canada, the millions on welfare, the one million children living in poverty and the high level of bankruptcy. Three and a half years after being elected to office, this government has captured the all time record of 1.5 million unemployed, three million welfare recipients, 1.5 million children living in poverty, and 86,000 bankruptcies in Canada.
My question, for any government member brave enough to answer, is this: When it comes to real problems, what does this government have to be proud of?