Mr. Speaker, hard-working Canadian families know they can count on our Conservative government to look after their interests. Under our government's economic action plan, we have created some 900,000 net new jobs since July of 2009. Moreover, our tax reductions have saved the average family $3,400 a year, and when we add the universal child tax benefit on top of it, that is an extra $2,400 a year for kids under six.
While we are focused on keeping Canadian taxpayer dollars where they belong, in the pockets of Canadians, the NDP is focused on wasteful new spending, higher taxes and increased debt. We have seen this before. This is the exact type of mismanagement that has got so many parts of Europe into such trouble.
For instance, take the NDP's proposed national social housing program. This one demand will cost taxpayers $5.5 billion each year, and that translates into $162 for every man, woman and child in this country every year.
Canadians can count on this government to continue to put the focus on jobs and the economy.