Mr. Chair, it is kind of shocking the Minister of Finance does not actually know what is happening to family incomes. Who tells us that family income has declined for most Canadian families? Statistics Canada, the national government's statistical agency. Of course, if we mix everything together, there has been an outstanding growth in income for the wealthiest of Canadians. Members of the Conservative Party are saying, “Great. The wealthy are wealthier than ever”. They now take half of the entire income pie in this country, so one would think the Minister of Finance would chart that. Of course, he has not been following those trends. For most Canadian families, their real income has gone down. If the Minister of Finance doubts that, he should actually talk to Canadians.
In answer to my second question, Statistics Canada actually tells us most jobs created today are part time and temporary in nature. They do not come with pensions. They do not come with benefits.
I am going to give the Minister of Finance a third chance. Hopefully he will get it right this time. He blew it on family incomes. He blew it on job creation. Can he tell us what is the average hourly salary of the manufacturing jobs we have lost? The member for Outremont mentioned this earlier in the night. We are talking about hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs lost. What is the average hourly wage and what is the average hourly wage of the service jobs that the government has created? What is the average hourly wage for the jobs we have lost and the average hourly wage for the jobs in the service industry, part time and temporary in nature, that the government has created?