Mr. Speaker, once again the government makes a statement, makes a commitment, makes a promise and then, all of a sudden, it drops off the radar screen.
In Canada's economic action plan, in budget 2009, and I have a copy of the overview pamphlet, it states, “Budget 2009 will create or maintain up to 190,000 jobs for Canadians by the end of 2010”. A little further down, it states, “Over the next two years, Canada's economic action plan will produce a net increase of 190,000 jobs”.
We have not heard anything since then about the 190,000 jobs. Every time we ask the question during question period, the Conservatives hide from it.
Over the last two months, Canada has lost 212,000 jobs. Montreal alone lost 16,000 jobs in February.
I fail to see what the laughing matter is when I hear members of the government laughing when I make that statement. I would like to know what the government intends to do on those--