Mr. Speaker, the minister went on and on about how productivity is a problem in Canada. He is right. We do have a problem with being productive and keeping up with the Americans.
The minister pointed out there has been job growth. He failed to mention that it is part time job growth, the self-employed. The Americans have produced all kinds of full time jobs but Canada has not.
He went on and on about all the programs that he had initiated and about all the spending they were going to do. Noticeably absent from his speech was any emphasis at all on our record high taxes.
Does the minister make the connection between record high taxes and our lack of productivity? Does he still believe that high taxes actually increase productivity like he said just before Christmas?