Mr. Speaker, when the Prime Minister promised jobs, Canadians did not realize he meant short term government jobs at the expense of permanent private sector employment.
I received an urgent fax from Sylvia Schneider in my riding. She did all the right things to start her new business, Internet Presence Provision. She identified a need and developed a business plan to meet that need. Now, however, students are to be paid by the government and with their access to tax funded university facilities they will provide the identical service Sylvia is providing.
She has a family of four to support and she may be choked out by this short term government program. How can she survive when her competitors have no expenses?
First we have Canada Post's using taxpayer money to drive couriers out of business and now we have this attack on honest, hard working, tax paying citizens who want earn a living and look after their families.
Canadian small business cannot compete with government big business.