Mr. Speaker, here is another example of the Conservatives' incompetence: we have learned that the government knew for 18 months that the temporary foreign workers program was adversely affecting youth employment.
It took this government 18 months to do something. For 18 months, the Minister of Employment ignored his departmental officials' warnings. He did nothing.
Why did the minister bury his head in the sand while his program was throwing our youth into the unemployment line?
Why did the media and the official opposition have to get involved before he finally decided to act?