I came from the private sector. Every year at the end of the year, if we were not at our target of profitability or cost, we would go through a cut exercise. This was a private corporation, not government. Private corporations have the option of laying off people or cutting some expenditures that they think they can find efficiencies in, like less travelling and more video conferencing or finding other opportunities that are identifiable for cost-cutting. That's what the private sector typically selects.
This is less than 0.3% of the budget. At least, whatever number it is, it's less than 0.5%. In my riding, though, it affects close to 36 youths, and not only for the summer term but in fact for their professional careers, because I think the summer employment that they benefit from will have an impact on their future, on their careers.
If this $10 million is cut in the name of a focus on targeting, is it going to be redeployed toward youth employment, but in a different format?