Garnett Genuis

Mr. Speaker, Greeting · 7 wordsthis has been an excellent debate tonight.Greeting Positioning · 57 wordsThe Liberals tried to shut down debate the first time we were discussing youth unemployment, ¹but we have been able to resume it tonight to highlight the Conservative youth jobs plan announced a year ago, a simple plan with concrete, constructive proposals to unleash the economy, fix immigration, fix training and build homes where the jobs are.²Positioning Claims · 53 wordsWe pushed the human resources committee to do a detailed study on youth unemployment.³ It came up with many very good recommendations reflecting an all-party consensus very much in line with the Conservative youth jobs plan. That was work we started, that the committee continued and that received unanimous support of the committee.⁴ Reasoning · 53 wordsThere are great recommendations that the government should follow through on, constructive ideas that it could put in the budget, such as reducing taxes and red tape; recognizing the positive role of natural resource development, manufacturing and other sectors; supporting the alignment of our immigration policies with the needs of the Canadian economy; The ask · 7 wordsand punishing companies that hire illegal workers. Claims · 40 wordsWe heard a bit about that in question period today. There were three questions in English and two more in French asking why the government offered subsidies to companies that hired illegal workers.⁵ The government could not provide an answer. Reasoning · 65 wordsOther recommendations include working to strengthen credential recognition. This is part of fixing immigration. Talented, skilled newcomers who come to this country should be able to put their skills and their training to work rather than competing with young people for entry-level jobs. It would be a double win for our economy to be able to actually deploy newcomers at the skill level they have. Claims · 31 wordsThis was a central priority for us in the last election, a positive priority about aligning immigration with the needs of our economy.⁶ There is much more in the 10th report.⁷ The ask · 12 wordsThe government should adopt these constructive Conservative ideas in the next budget.