Mr. Speaker, the first thing I should point out is that we have made a substantial addition to the budget for youth employment this year. We have increased the actual employment program from $193 million to $236 million so that we could ensure young people would have effective work.
We have enough money to provide approximately 30,000 jobs and to provide wage subsidies to private business and community organizations. A major investment has gone into loans so that students can start their own businesses, thereby creating their own employment. There is a substantial amount going into the summer youth service corps in order that they will be able to work with the municipalities to provide better policing and better environmental controls.
Overall, we are providing direct employment through federal resources of well over 50,000 jobs for young people. That is an indication of our interest in ensuring that not only do they have a job, they have a job that will enable them to get the kind of training they will need for permanent employment in the future.