Mr. Speaker, the reality is different. The statistics are different.
Statistics Canada, for the fourth straight month, shows a lowering of the index. We hear now that Cisco is laying people off this month. We hear that Bell is looking at the possibility of more layoffs.
Personally, I have been reflecting on a line, I think from T. S. Eliot, which says that April is the cruelest month. Well it is also being cruel to a lot of employees.
I want to know if the Prime Minister is in agreement with a leading Canadian economist who—