Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to be here with my colleagues today to explain our plan, an ambitious plan for Canada. One and a half years ago, we began by implementing measures that have substantially improved the confidence of the middle class. We can now see that our plan is starting to work: the unemployment rate is lower than it was one year ago and the situation of Canada's middle class is beginning to really improve.
What we know is this. Taking that increase in confidence for the middle class and making ambitious investments in the long term is going to grow our economy. That is what is going to make Canada better for future generations.
What the people on the other side of the House do not seem to understand is what happened over the 10 years before we came into office. The previous government did not make the investments needed to grow our economy. We have set about to increase confidence and to grow our economy so our children and our grandchildren will be better off.
This is an ambitious plan that will be very good for jobs and people across the country.