I will be very brief.
There are some things we are recommending for businesses to be able to hire more youth. One is to implement measures to reduce the cost of hiring and training youth. Maybe that could be done through an employment insurance holiday for hiring and training youth and recognizing the informal training that many small businesses are doing when they hire youth. Let's expand the availability of the Canada summer jobs program to make sure that it is open to more businesses and is available at other times of the year, not solely, as was the case, during summertime. Also, let's offer a tax credit to businesses that would hire students in those placements through institutes, colleges, co-op programs and internships.
We released a report on youth employment a few years ago in which we listed many recommendations that could be put forward to help businesses not only hire more youth, but retain them and train them so they can continue to be a force for the small businesses that hire them.