Mr. Speaker, last week, the Bank of Canada said that the Canadian economy had performed better than expected in 1998.
Yesterday, Statistics Canada said that Canada's GDP had gone up by 1.1% in the fourth quarter of 1998.
Such results are not mere chance. The good news delivered in the last federal budget and the good news delivered by Statistics Canada reflect the good economic and financial management of the country.
This is an encouraging sign from the economic sector that sends a message to sovereignists to quit pushing so hard for Quebec's separation from the rest of Canada.
The sovereignists' message undercuts the efforts of those doing everything they can to keep the country together and encourage investors and consumers to continue working for the betterment of this wonderful country called Canada.