Thank you kindly, Mr. Chair.
Thank you as well to our witnesses for being here.
Since I have only five minutes, I would ask you to keep your answers short.
Mr. Poschmann talked about a story, and I'm interested in the end of the story, not what's happening in this chapter right now but the long-term impacts.
I want to quickly quote the TD study, “The Plight of Younger Workers”. It says, “In addition to competition within their own age group, they now must compete with older workers looking to reenter the labour market and those more experienced who lost their job during the recession.”
I think this tendency is clearer and clearer, that despite the fact that it's a normal youth unemployment rate it's pretty clear that with the change of eligibility for old age security, with ballooning student debt, and things like that, the financial situation for these young people is different. So despite unemployment, there are still some long-term challenges for young people to find well-paying jobs and be able to contribute to our economy.
I would be interested...particularly from our friends from the Conference Board of Canada and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, but just keep it quick, please, if possible.