Mr. Speaker, today community organizations have to pay the price for Conservative decisions.
Last year alone, the summer career placements program created more than 112,000 hours of work for students in Madawaska—Restigouche. That was an investment of more than $500,000.
This year, the Conservatives made cutbacks in the program and replaced it with a less generous program, with a registration process that shuts out community organizations.
How could the minister so seriously misjudge the great benefits of the summer career placements program? Why has he abandoned the students of Canada?