“Madam Speaker, the member talked a lot about youth. When we take a look, back in 2012, youth unemployment was at 14.3%, which is the same percentage it is at today. If we do the comparison, we are actually investing, whether it is in the summer youth program or the Red Seal program. Back then, the Conservatives did nothing. I am wondering why the Conservatives did nothing when they had to face the same youth unemployment rate that we are facing today. Why should we listen to them today when they were such a disaster when the leader of the Conservative Party was sitting around the cabinet table back then?”
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Madam Speaker, Positioning · 23 wordsthe parliamentary secretary does not know what he is talking about, which is often true, but it is especially true in this case.PositioningClaims · 96 wordsJust to pick one example, the member says that Conservatives did nothing on the trades program and to look at the Liberals because they brought in these completion grants.However, the Conservatives brought in completion grants for the trades in 2009.1We introduced, in our first budget in 2006, grants for trades workers.2The Liberals cancelled those grants, 3but then reannounced that they were going to bring them back.4It is pretty rich for them to say that the Conservatives did nothing when all the Liberals have done is announce the return of a program they—
