Mr. Speaker, yesterday the finance minister confirmed he gets an advance peek at the job numbers. He assured the House:
I do not comment on employment numbers before the numbers are announced....
On February 5, he said, “We are going to get some job numbers tomorrow that are going to be very regrettable”; and on April 8, “I expect tomorrow's numbers to be not encouraging”.
Would the minister like to take this opportunity to correct his words from yesterday?