L'Isle-Verte  Mr. Speaker, in the early hours of January 23, tragedy struck L'Isle-Verte. A terrible fire destroyed the Résidence du Havre, leaving 32 people dead or unaccounted for. In the face of such tragedy, there are no words to express our grief and our compassion. I would nevertheless like to offer my most sincere condolences to the families of the dead and missing.

Unemployment  Mr. Speaker, December's disastrous employment statistics should serve as a wake-up call for this government. Today there are 275,000 more unemployed Canadians than before the recession. The Conservatives' solution is to run an ad campaign to promote an employment program that does not even exist.