Mr. Speaker, Human Resources and Social Development Canada does not generally compile or analyze expenditure information by electoral district.
Given this caveat, information is available for the youth--summer career placement and the youth--Canada summer jobs.
The summer career placement program was a program which had funding allocated on a riding basis. Therefore, with respect to the riding of Cape Breton--Canso, for the years 2004 to 2006, the total dollar amount awarded to the successful applicants was $1,924,158 and 1,222 positions were supported through the program.
The Canada summer jobs 2007 initiative was launched by the government on March 1, 2007 to replace the summer career placement program. This initiative, however, did not allocate funding on a riding basis.
That being said, we can estimate the funding this riding received by using a Statistics Canada tool that attempts to match postal codes with electoral districts. This methodology has potential for error, as postal codes can straddle two or more electoral districts.
The amount awarded under the Canada summer jobs in 2007 was $675,088 and 256 positions were supported.