As all of us who have gone to university know, students would like to work during the summer months to help to pay for their tuition and for their finances going forward. The program is certainly welcome, but what are employers going to do? Are they going to be reaching out to have students come to their place of business and work if they have other citizens and workers who are laid off? We will have to wait and see, but it's certainly a welcome addition, particularly for our student body, because most of them do like to work during the summer months in order to gather that kitty for the tuition in their academic year, but it is still a wait-and-see situation.
I hope employers—public sector employers, private sector employers, government agencies—will take advantage of this new program that the Prime Minister has announced.