Mr. Speaker, as one of the members on the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, and also as a former educator before coming into this wonderful chamber, I can attest to the importance of reports such as this one that we undertook. It is unfortunate, though, that the reasoning for concurrence in the report is that, basically, the Conservatives did not get the information they wanted. That is why we are here today.
I received employment through the federal student work experience program as a student. I can testify that some of these government programs really benefit kids, especially little rural kids like me.
Could the hon. member also talk about some of these wonderful youth employment strategy options that we have—