Mr. Speaker, there are still 360,000 more Canadians unemployed today than prior to the recession and that is nothing to brag about.
Last night President Obama was, indeed, re-elected and he receives our full congratulations, but he was elected despite a deeply troubled U.S. economy. As troubled as the American economy is, the IMF is now predicting slower economic growth here in Canada than in the United States. For years, Conservatives have boasted that the Canadian economy was doing not quite as badly as the U.S.
Now that it is clear that the Canadian economy is indeed struggling, even compared to the United States, will Conservatives finally take action?