Mr. Chair, the government is spending more on skills training than any government in the history of Canada. Anyone who needs retraining in Canada can get it. The employment situation in Quebec is good. It is about the best it has been in a generation in terms of the number of people employed. Even today, hot off the press, Bombardier launches a hiring blitz, looking for 700 new workers in Montreal, Quebec. That is growth in this economy.
In the House of Commons on May 28th, 2008. See this statement in context.