Mr. Speaker, with Canada's high unemployment rate, thousands of students and recent graduates are forced to accept unpaid internships, just for the work experience. This is not only a big issue for young Canadians. It is a big issue for their families, their parents and grandparents, who are paying the bills.
There is a problem in that Stats Canada does not track unpaid internships in Canada. As the saying goes, “You can't manage what you can't or don't measure”. Will the government take the first step and direct Stats Canada to track the number of young Canadians who are working today in unpaid internships?