Health committee  Thank you, and I apologize for my cut-off. I was actually about to touch on the fact that Internet has been an issue for post-secondary education across the country. Even in bigger cities, it's an issue. I have missed many a class because my Internet cuts out, as it just did here, so now I'm on mobile data.

Health committee  Jobs for young people are not at the high they were in May 2020. The job market for young people still has not rebounded. While I acknowledge the changes or expansions to the Canada summer jobs program, a summer jobs program is one part of a larger policy that we need to implement.

Health committee  Of course. It's difficult to capture in a short answer, but from my own experience, as much as the university and the student union and other organizations and friend groups have tried to maintain a sense of community, it is not the same. That's the case across Canada, not just for students, despite the whole point of being on campus being to build a sense of community student life.

Health committee  Yes, absolutely.

Health committee  I think that, short term, obviously we need to get through this pandemic. We shouldn't be charging recent graduates interest and student debt payments. We paused it for the first six months of the pandemic, so I believe the federal government should work with the provinces and territories to refreeze payments to the National Student Loans Service Centre for the remainder of the pandemic.

Health committee  It's my understanding that a freeze on interest has been implemented or is about to be implemented. They are still making hundreds of dollars in payments a month; there's just no interest. Frankly, the removal of interest is not sufficient, not during the pandemic and not in the best of times.

Health committee  [Witness spoke in Ojibwe and provided the following text:] Aaniin kina wiya. [Witness provided the following translation:] Hello, everyone. [English] My name is Brandon Rhéal Amyot. I'm student at Lakehead University in Orillia and a co-organizer with the Don't Forget Students campaign.