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Statement in the House of Commons on the Canada Summer Jobs Program
On February 14, 2018, Alice Wong made a statement in the House of Commons on the topic of the Canada Summer Jobs Program.
The following is a transcript:
Hon. Alice Wong (Richmond Centre, CPC):
Mr. Speaker, here in Ottawa we are in the deep throes of winter, but in my beautiful riding of Richmond Centre spring is just around the corner. Soon the blooming crocuses of spring in Richmond will give way to the sunshine of summer, but not all is “sunny ways”.
The Canada summer jobs program plays a crucial role in handing valuable workplace experience to the youth of Canada and has been used by some agencies combatting social isolation among seniors. However, many agencies involved in this important work cannot and will not sign on to the Liberals’ values test.
I, as well as the numerous constituents of Richmond Centre who have petitioned me, urge the government to remove its shameful attestation and return some of the brightness into the lives of our most valuable resources, the elderly and the young.
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