Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to talk about our economic situation.
What we have seen over the last year is that the ambitious plan that we have put in place is having a real impact. It is having an impact on the most vulnerable in our society by taking children out of poverty. It is having an impact on families. Because of the Canada child benefit, families will have more money to spend, money that will be going into our economy.
What we are seeing is very important. We have seen a decline in unemployment. That is critically important. It has gone from 7.1% to 6.6%. What we are seeing as well is that our economy is proving resilient because of the measures we have put in place. What we know is that as we make those investments in the future, we will see an increased level of growth.
Economists, in doing their forecasts, look at the global situation and put out those numbers. We use those numbers as our base. What I can tell the House is that we are ambitious. We want to help Canadians. We know that we will do so. We know that as they get better jobs, more jobs, we will have better economic outcomes. That is the future for Canada, for our children, and for our grandchildren.