Madam Speaker, my colleague has just been saying that the labour movement ought to be involved throughout the entire process, so as to create youth employment.
I am pleased to hear that, on the other side of this House, the Liberals realize that there is a labour movement here in Canada, that they are prepared to talk to them, unlike the former Minister of Human Resources Development, who said that if he met the president of the CLC in the desert after wandering about for 2 weeks, he would not even drink a glass of water with him.
At last they are beginning to acknowledge that there is room for the labour movement, that it can discuss with government and employers to create employment.
Not long ago, I was talking with the people at a food bank in my riding. They told me “It would be nice if they came to visit, came to see how well we are operating. Even though there is nothing to get excited about, as the fact we exist is no reason to rejoice”.
There is no reason to rejoice when we have food banks just about on every corner. There is nothing to rejoice about when, in the past, a person could walk the streets of Montreal and not see all those people—