Mr. Speaker, the minister is always right, even when we can prove he is wrong. It is like maternity benefits: the minister said on Monday that these benefits remain unchanged, despite a 4.6% reduction in the birth rate.
How does he explain that, according to Statistics Canada, the number of women receiving maternity benefits dropped by 7.4% while the number of births dropped by only 4.6%? Where are these thousands of mothers who are no longer entitled to benefits?