Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to my colleague's comments. The problem is that he did not describe Canadians' economic reality.
At present, the number of unemployed is going up, the participation rate is going down and household debt is increasing. That is the reality.
If my colleague toured his riding, he would see that there are more unemployed workers today than in 2007. That is the problem. We are not talking about made-up figures. Canadians have been facing difficult economic conditions for a long time, since 2007.
The government continues to rely on the same old measures.
When will this government realize that these measures are not working? How does he explain the fact that there are so many unemployed people?