Thank you.
In response to the comments that were made by the Conservatives, I'm going to clarify certain points. This is very important.
Obviously, on the second round, the criteria absolutely no longer stood. It was said that funding was granted in response to calls by members. On the pretext of removing the program from the politicians, these people simply mixed politics into it. If the intention was really to remove politics from this issue, why is it that, for the opening of the student placement office two or three weeks ago, a directive was issued directly from the minister's office, according to Service Canada, asking that the MP be “disinvited”, but that the provincial representative be invited, whereas this is a federal program? In fact, I think that politics is being mixed into this program. That's clear on all sides. It's become a kerfuffle, chaos. As representatives, we deserve an explanation.