Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for the question about the economy because it gives me an opportunity to clarify the record.
Despite what the opposition would have us believe, the PBO report actually says some good things about our job market. It states: “Canada's labour market is currently significantly outperforming some countries with struggling economies (e.g., the U.S., and the Euro area) and Canada also scores above average among the G7 and OECD countries”.
Just like the minister said earlier, 820,000 net new jobs is the best job growth record in the G7. We are going to continue—