In the Speech from the Throne, we committed to significantly scaling up our youth employment and skills strategy to provide more paid work experiences for students, recognizing that historically, economic shocks like the one we're currently facing have disproportionately impacted students.
Our $8-billion investment of the student benefit, the thousands of jobs, doubling the Canada student grant and adding flexibility to the student loan program have really been well received by the student population.
We have 700,000 students who received the CESB, a significant portion of whom got the enhanced $750 a month for students with disabilities or students with dependents. I can assure you that our entire cabinet is committed to ensuring that youth recover and flourish post-pandemic. Specifically, the Minister of Youth and I are very determined to make sure that their voices are heard at every step.