Mr. Chair, last summer we saw some of the worst summer job numbers for Canadian youth in 40 years.
At the same time, in fact about a year ago, the government was running economic action plan ads during the playoffs that cost about $100,000 for a 30-second ad to advertise a program that did not even exist, the job skills program.
Does the minister feel that it makes sense to spend $100,000 advertising a program that does not exist, or would it make more sense to create 32 summer jobs for students who are desperately in need of them?