Mr. Speaker, unfortunately for the member, that is not what I am hearing. I am hearing that this budget meets the moment and it is a budget that we need. I am hearing it from some people in my community who were traditionally Progressive Conservatives and do not now see themselves in the party that is across the aisle.
In the context of everything the member just said in the last two or three minutes, I want him to reflect on the fact that, in addition to the tens of thousands of jobs that were created earlier in Canada this fall, we saw the job numbers for November today, with 54,000 jobs added in November alone. Unemployment is now down to 6.5%.
Could the member please, in the context of everything he just said, explain to us why, despite his doom-and-gloom scenario, the employment numbers keep going up and unemployment keeps going down?