Mr. Speaker, the member talks about the creation of jobs and other things in the budget.
As we know, young people in Canada depend on the Canada summer jobs program to find high-quality jobs during the summer to support their education financially. For too long the funds dedicated to this program have been too low to meet the demands of employers in our country's communities.
These funds prepare our youth for their integration into the workforce.
A number of organizations in my riding that want to hire students are not able to do so, because of a lack of funding. The Canada summer jobs program does more than just provide financial support for young people; it provides support for families. When young people are unable to find high-quality jobs, they are forced to ask their parents for money.
Her parents are then stuck with supporting both their own elderly parents and their young children. This does not help families as the Conservatives promised to do--