Madam Speaker, Liberals get really frustrated, it seems, when Conservatives raise the link between the Liberals' immigration failures and unemployment. We have highlighted a number of areas of failure that contribute to youth unemployment: their failures on the economy, on training and in many other areas, but I think Canadians and young people I talk to in urban centres, from diverse backgrounds, understand how the Liberal failures on immigration policy have contributed to youth unemployment. That is because the Liberals have not aligned our immigration policy with the needs of our economy in terms of skills and numbers.
Liberals have created an immigration policy that experts have said at committee is leading to intensifying competition for entry-level jobs. Previous governments had immigration policies that emphasized bringing in people who could fill skill gaps, while minimizing competition. It is the Liberals' failures that have led to these problems, and they have to be accountable for them.
