Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to all of you for coming.
I'll start with you, Mr. Kelly. You talked about the hiring of students and young people, but you didn't actually talk about the fact that with regard to the Canada summer jobs program, we more than doubled that investment. In my riding, for example, there were over 230 positions in 30 businesses.
When you talked about the hiring of young people, why did you not mention how successful it was and how helpful it was that small businesses could hire young people? For example, in my riding, it equalled $1.1 million. Why did you leave that out of your testimony when you were criticizing the lack of hiring of young people?