Mr. Speaker, I wish the minister were as interested in the jobs of Canadians as he is in his own.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer said the Liberal government has a 1% chance of meeting its fiscal anchor, which is still better odds than getting a straight answer from the government in question period. Behind these numbers are people: people in food bank lines, people going on unemployment, young people who cannot get that critical first job. The London region, which includes St. Thomas and Elgin, has lost another 600 jobs in the last month, bringing it up to over 21,000 in the last two and a half years.
Maybe the minister will not tell me there is a recession, but will he tell these Canadians there is?