Mr.Speaker, the Minister of Human Resources dismissed the summer career placement program as a subsidy to corporations and cronies.
I do not know where the minister was looking, but it was not in Burnaby—Douglas where 86% of projects were in the not for profit sector and most others in small businesses.
These cuts mean fewer good student jobs, cuts to summer day camps for children, cuts to community economic development work and cuts to advocacy programs.
Why did the minister not bother to check how the money is being spent and how important it is to communities like Burnaby?