Mr. Chair, there are 169,000 fewer jobs for young Canadians than in 2008. When the minister refers to 1.2 million net new jobs, he is ignoring the fact that the working-age population has grown by two million during the same period.
Compared to before the recession, there are now twice as many Canadians who have been unemployed for over a year; they are long-term unemployed. Is the minister concerned about the doubling of the number of long-term unemployed Canadians since 2008?