Madam Speaker, I will put the following facts to the member: 42,000 jobs were lost in August, which was before the latest escalation in the trade conflict with the United States. We have lost 110,000 jobs over the last two months. Moreover, we are at a 29-year low in workforce participation. We have consistently had youth unemployment rates well above pre-pandemic averages, and this has been in place for a long time under the current Prime Minister.
The member trying to blame very recent events for a long-running employment crisis, or alternatively trying to say that everything is fine, is just out of step with the reality that young people are experiencing. The reality is that young people are struggling to afford homes and to find jobs. They are increasingly losing hope. We need to give them hope again through the constructive measures we have put forward and by taking responsibility for the things that we can control rather than, as the member is doing, saying that everything is fine.