Mr. Speaker, our economic action plan is working.
Our Conservative government provided five extra weeks of EI, which benefited over 300,000 unemployed Canadians.
We made unprecedented investments in skills training to get Canadians back to work. We have expanded work-sharing which is currently protecting the jobs of over 165,000 Canadians.
I am proud to announce that our bill to provide extra support for long-tenured workers has received royal assent, despite the shameful opposition by the Liberal leader and members of his party. I have no idea what they have against those hardest hit by the global recession.
We are getting results for Canadians and we will always stand up for those who need--