Mr. Speaker, I rise today to applaud the government for creating the kind of economic climate which has built tremendous confidence not only in my riding of Waterloo—Wellington but across Canada.
Let us consider the most recent economic and employment evidence. Unemployment has fallen to 8.6%. Full time employment rose by 84,000 jobs in February. Almost one-half of this February increase went to youth between the ages of 15 and 24 and two-thirds of this gain was full time work. Adult women also benefited by the February employment increase. This trend has been sustained over the past 12 month period. In that period full time employment has risen by 470,000 jobs.
All this spells good news for Canada and all Canadians. While we still have work to do, we are on the right track and Canadians know it.