Mr. Speaker, they need to update their talking points over there, instead of just reading a selective quote from some starchy report.
The reality is this. Here are the numbers. Across the G7, the unemployment rate averages 6%. In the U.S., it is 6.3%; in the EU, it is 7.5%; in Canada, it is 9.4%. We are far worse than all the other countries that are also facing the COVID crisis.
Is it not clear that while those economies are suffering under COVID, our economy has the added problem of suffering under the policies of the government?