Mr. Speaker, last Friday, Statistics Canada released an interesting snapshot of the Canadian economy.
It showed that Canada's annual balance of trade with other countries had reached $34 billion in 1999, the highest level since 1996, and that exports had grown almost twice as fast as imports.
In 1999, Canada exported goods worth $360 billion, an 11.9% increase over 1998. The results are encouraging, in part because conditions conducive to investment have been put in place.
The public has given us a clear mandate to improve its quality of life. We are sparing no effort to attain that objective.