Mr. Speaker, “stupid” and “essential” are the Prime Minister's own words.
The economy is in recession when it shrinks for two quarters in a row, so why does the Prime Minister insist on talking about a technical recession? Does he think a technical recession is less scary? Is he telling a laid-off worker to be happy because he is only technically unemployed? Does the Prime Minister think that misleading Canadians on the economy is a mere technicality?
Why will he not stop the sugar coating, cut the jargon and call a recession a recession?