Thank you, Chair.
I entirely support the principle of the motion as put forward by Mr. Lessard, but I would have to vote against it as it is currently written. I would propose to amend it, if Mr. Lessard is agreeable to that. If he wishes to go ahead with it as it is, I would have to oppose it as is, and I would put my own motion on the floor after that.
The summer career placement program has been a phenomenal success in Canada, and I don't see any reason that any part of it should have been changed. It's been pulled back and re-gifted—we know that—but as it was, it was a hugely successful program that helped many Canadian students. As a by-product of that, it also helped a great many not-for-profit organizations, community groups that came to rely on that summer placement. Students found it useful and quite often found work in an area of their study, so it benefited in that way as well.
We definitely would support the motion if it were amended to reflect the fact that the summer career placement program as it existed before the cuts of last fall should be maintained.