Mr. Speaker, it is just like the government to celebrate mediocrity.
Another potential leadership candidate, the Minister of Canadian Heritage, seems to think that Canada is doing just fine and that our standard of living has been deemed by the United Nations to be among the best in the world. Among the best means third on the UN index, sixth in GDP per capita, far behind the United States, and eleventh in poverty levels.
Does the Minister of Industry share the heritage minister's belief that this level of performance in our standard of living is good enough?