Mr. Speaker, maybe the member for Souris--Moose Mountain has a different understanding than I do of the data and the statistics. My understanding is new jobs created are net new jobs. Therefore the story in Canada on the job growth numbers has been an absolutely amazing. One could quibble over the numbers I suppose, but the jobs that are reported are the net jobs created.
Canada has outperformed the United States significantly and indeed all the OECD countries. In most cases these are full time jobs.
The economy is going on all cylinders: 3%, 3.2%, 3.5%. We have something for which to be very thankful. We have this kind of economic growth and the economy is creating these jobs irrespective of the mixed results in the U.S. economy. Often follow the U.S. lead, but in this case we have been outperforming the United States. I think that is good news for all Canadians.