Mr. Speaker, Canada has faced the worst economic downturn since the Second World War and has recovered the earliest and the strongest of all the developed countries.
We are proud of what we have been able to do as a nation. However, our economic recovery is still fragile and there are problems around the world that we are not immune to.
The reckless coalition thinks that now is the time to force an unnecessary and opportunistic election that will put our recovery at risk.
Our government believes that now is not the time. Canadians want to see the next phase of Canada's economic action plan implemented.
If the Liberal leader is going to force an election on Canadians, he needs to be honest. He needs to tell them he has a coalition with the separatist Bloc Québécois and the socialist NDP.