Madam Speaker, it was heartening to hear the hon. member talk about youth nutrition in Canada, but it is disappointing that the member has been voting against the national school food program, which is contained in this budget, in Bill C-15.
I want to talk about local issues. I know there are challenges in southwestern Ontario, particularly in the auto sector, but the government and the country has added 181,000 jobs in the last three months. There has been 2.6% growth in GDP in the last quarter. In a news article, the CEO of Workforce WindsorEssex said, “We’re now at an all-time high when it comes to the number of people working in Windsor-Essex.... We set a new record, not just for all occupations or all sectors working. But even in manufacturing it’s a new all-time high”.
Will the hon. member recognize that our government's plan, notwithstanding that we have more work to do, is actually adding jobs in Windsor-Essex?