Mr. Speaker, very respectfully to my hon. friend, I will say that we need to measure the performance of the government by the results. The appeal of the parliamentary secretary, ministers and others is to say we should look at all the things they are trying to do, but I think the government will be judged by the results in the aggregate.
Here is the reality: After the government has blocked natural resource projects, denigrated the natural resource sector, made a mess of our immigration system and failed to align skills training in the main with the needs of our economy, we are now in a situation where there are close to half a million unemployed young people. I am sure of the personal sincerity of the parliamentary secretary, but despite best efforts, unemployment numbers have continued to go up.
At what point do we recognize that it is just not working and that we need new policies to fix the problem?