Mr. Speaker, the member knows perfectly well that my colleague has apologized.
The reality is that he wants to divert people's attention from the economic reality. As a university professor, he should be paying attention to the facts, and he certainly cannot dispute the data from Statistics Canada or that of The Economist. He is probably familiar with The Economist. He must have read that a few times over the years.
The Economist concluded that Canada ranks below Alabama, the poorest state in the United States. Is he proud of his record?