Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to launch the 1999 summer student job action program, to help young Canadians get summer jobs.
This year we will invest $120 million to help 60,000 young Canadians get summer jobs. This is building on our youth employment strategy which has contributed to the creation of 143,000 student jobs for the young in 1998, the best performance in 20 years, and 44,000 jobs in January 1999.