Mr. Speaker, we could have been debating it by now if the government had its ways and means motion right the first time.
The budget claims that it will save or create 190,000 jobs for Canadians, but over the past three months the Conservatives have already been spectators to 234,000 Canadian jobs lost. Clearly, by their own arithmetic, the budget is a failure.
How can the minister explain to Canadians that the budget will save fewer jobs than the country has already lost in three short months?