Mr. Speaker, I am pleased that the hon. member draws attention to the job creation record of this government. When we took office unemployment was at 11.4%. Since then 1.2 million jobs have been created by our buoyant Canadian economy.
We have the strongest job growth rate in the entire G-7. This is a result of the measures we have put into force. We are the first member of the G-7 to eliminate its deficit. We are now paying down our debt. The figures we see today show record business confidence. We had a gross rate in the first quarter of—