Mr. Ed Holder (London West, CPC): Mr. Speaker, our
government is working incredibly hard through Canada's economic
action plan to fuel jobs and plan economic growth. We are making
Canada more competitive by lowering taxes and eliminating
job-killing tariffs on the manufacturing sector.
This puts many thousands more Canadians, including those in my
city of London, back to work. We are investing in updating Canada's
roads, bridges and other infrastructure. I ask the Minister of
Finance to update the House on Canada's economic recovery.
Hon. Jim Flaherty (Minister of Finance, CPC): Mr.
Speaker, my thanks for the question from the member for London West,
who is working incredibly hard representing his constituents. We
know from this morning that, for the fifth straight month in a row,
Canada's economy grew in January with the largest monthly increase
in over three years. That is good news. It shows that our economic
action plan is working.
However, we are not out of the woods yet. We must stay the
course. We need to keep Canada's economy competitive to create jobs.
Yesterday, KPMG confirmed that Canada is the most competitive
industrialized country for job creators. Unlike the Leader of the
Opposition, we are not going to kill jobs by raising taxes.
