Mr. Speaker, let us review the summer jobs fiasco. Let me give the minister a few highlights.
He cancelled a program that worked; brought in one that does not with less money and a new criteria; organizations and students were thrown into disarray; scrambling ensued; and departmental officials admitted in committee that the program was botched. Now the minister refuses to come clean with details about funding.
I want to wish the minister a happy summer, a good guy, but we need to ensure that next year summer will be good for everyone else involved in this program.
When will the government start telling truth about the Canada summer jobs fiasco of 2007?