Mr. Speaker, I have appreciated the opportunity to work with the member on the human resources committee, where we are studying the very serious issue of youth unemployment. As the member knows, the situation is quite bad with respect not just to youth unemployment but to unemployment in general. New job numbers are coming out tomorrow. Already we know that youth unemployment is at 14.5%. There was a 12% increase, in the last month alone, of working-age women applying for EI.
The government has made a lot of promises of things it is going to do, yet the indicators are bad: the second-highest unemployment and the fastest-shrinking economy in the G7. The best the member can offer are some indicators that are lower than the basement, such as saying that we still have not had a reduction in our credit rating.
When we will know if the Liberals' policies are working? What is the time horizon on which they are planning to demonstrate success? I would like to know, concretely, when we will be able know if they are succeeding?