Jennifer McKelvie

Mr. Speaker, it is stories like Steve's that have compelled us to act on housing affordability in this country. That is why we have launched Build Canada Homes to build affordable housing at scale across the country. That is why we have increased our rebate for the GST, working in provinces like Ontario and others to bring those costs down. That is why we are investing in infrastructure, housing-enabling infrastructure, that reduces development charges. This is about ensuring that, whether someone rents, buys or pays a mortgage, affordability is improving, and we are going to continue in this regard.

Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Surrey Newton. I want to start by giving my thanks for the opportunity to contribute to today's debate on Bill C-38, the Canadian fuel affordability act. The world is changing rapidly, but Canada is starting from a position of strength. Events like new tariffs, trade tensions and conflicts abroad continue to affect costs for households and businesses and create uncertainty for Canadians, but we all know that Canada is well positioned to manage these pressures thanks to our robust economy and our clear growth strategy, which is focused on driving investment, boosting productivity, strengthening domestic industries and expanding access to global markets. In Canada, we have the good fortune of being a net energy exporter. Our resource wealth insulates us from the worst impacts of these disruptions. Canada is an energy superpower, and our government is capitalizing on this advantage by building new infrastructure projects that will increase our energy supply, with new nuclear, new hydro and new LNG facilities. However, we are not immune to systemic global shocks. That is why our government is taking action to help Canadians through these challenges. In April, our government temporarily suspended the federal fuel excise tax following disruptions to crude oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz that drove up fuel prices. The measures have been saving Canadians and Canadian businesses up to 10¢ per litre on gasoline and unleaded aviation gasoline, up to 11¢ per litre on leaded aviation gasoline and up to four cents per litre on diesel and aviation fuel. When the temporary suspension of the federal fuel excise tax was first introduced, gasoline prices declined by 11¢ per litre on the first day of implementation, delivering immediate relief to consumers. With today's legislation, we are continuing to provide relief at the pump by proposing to extend the temporary suspension of the federal fuel excise tax until January 31, 2027, and then applying 50% of the regular excise tax rate from February 1 through to May 31, 2027, inclusively. This will bring down costs for Canadians, including truckers and businesses in the food, agriculture, housing, construction and delivery sectors. This means we are delivering timely, meaningful and tangible relief for Canadians at a time when they need it the most. By reducing pressure on fuel costs at the pump for gasoline and diesel, we are taking concrete steps to lower costs for Canadians today while we continue to build a stronger, more resilient and more independent economy. This action builds on one of the very first measures we took as a government, which also lowered costs at the pump in most provinces and territories. The House will recall that one of the first things the Prime Minister did upon assuming office was to cancel the consumer fuel charge, helping Canadians to save money at the pump in most provinces and territories. Our government also removed the requirement for provinces and territories to have a consumer-facing carbon price, as of April 1, 2025. At the same time, our government also understands that Canadians do not just spend money on gasoline. That is why we have been taking action to reduce pressure on costs and make life more affordable for Canadians across the board. For example, our government introduced the new Canada groceries and essentials benefit. By building upon the former goods and services tax credit, we are increasing its amount by 25% for five years as of July. In addition to that, we provided a one-time payment in June, equivalent to a 50% increase in the 2025-26 annual value of the GST credit. Combined, this means a family of four will receive up to $1,890 this year and about $1,400 a year for the next four years, while a single person will receive up to $950 this year and about $700 a year for the next four years. That is literally making life more affordable for millions and millions of Canadians. In fact, the new Canada groceries and essentials benefit will provide additional significant support for up to 12 million Canadians. Not only are we putting more money in the pockets of those who need it the most, but we are also leaving more money in their pockets with our middle-class tax cut, because we have lowered the first marginal personal income tax rate from 15% to 14% since July 1, 2025. Nearly 22 million Canadians are benefiting from this tax relief of up to $420 per person, saving a two-income family $840 this year. This rate reduction applies to a taxable income of up to $58,523 in 2026, providing meaningful relief to Canadians during the current period of economic uncertainty. What is more, the bulk of tax relief will go to those with incomes in the two lowest tax brackets, including nearly half to those in the first bracket. This means the relief is effectively targeted to Canadians who need help the most. In this regard, no one is more important to consider than our children. That is why we made the national school food program permanent. It provides meals to up to 400,000 kids annually. This program helps ensure that kids are fed healthy meals at school, and it saves families with two children up to $800 a year on groceries. By making it permanent, we will work with provinces, territories and indigenous partners to expand the program into more schools across Canada. We are also aware that affordability pressures go beyond fuel and food and are affecting other essential expenses, including housing. That is why we introduced the first-time homebuyers' GST rebate. With this rebate, we will have effectively eliminated the GST for first-time homebuyers on new homes up to $1 million and reduced the GST for first-time homebuyers on new homes between $1 million and $1.5 million. This tax cut for first-time homebuyers will save Canadians up to $50,000, allowing more young people and families to enter the housing market and making the goal of home ownership a reality for more Canadians. These are just a few of the examples of how we are bringing costs down for Canadians. By lowering costs, the government is creating an economy where every Canadian has more control over building their own future. Above all, our government will empower Canadians by helping them get ahead and reduce their cost of living. When Canadians keep more of the money they earn, they are better supporting their families, investing in their communities and building the future they want. That is why I strongly encourage all members of this House to support Bill C-38, so that we can build a strong Canada for all.

Madam Speaker, we have many measures that we have implemented to help Canadians with affordability, and the member opposite mentioned just one of them. In addition to the groceries and essentials benefit, we have cut taxes for 22 million Canadians. We have eliminated the GST for first-time homebuyers. We are continuing to make investments in climate action by investing in communities from coast to coast to coast through the build communities strong fund and through the expansion of electricity in projects that we have been funding across the country.

Madam Speaker, we continue to invest in climate action. We continue to have industrial carbon pricing, which is essential for having responsible energy management in our country and for demonstrating to our partners overseas that we are serious about being clean, being green and being an energy superpower. In addition, we continue to have the clean fuel regulations. These regulations do not set a price at the pump, but they do provide a flexible tool that supports good-paying jobs, drives billions of dollars of investment, strengthens certainty and reduces pollution, all while we continue to invest in clean energy and renewable energy across our country. That is what we are doing for future generations. That is how we are showing climate action. That is how we are showing that we care about the environment.

Madam Speaker, we are definitely in difficult times, with pressures internationally that we have never seen before that are having an impact on affordability in our country. To grow our economy and get through the unjustified tariff war and the pressures we have from wars overseas, we are continuing to invest in ourselves and are taking different measures on affordability, including the ones my colleague mentioned. To make it easier, we have cancelled the consumer fuel carbon tax, we have made the national school food program permanent and we are creating automatic federal benefits to make it easier for Canadians to access the affordability measures that help their bottom line. We are also continuing to expand and entrench the child care benefit so that women in particular can be their full selves in the workforce and have the care they need to reach their full potential in their careers. These are just some of the measures we are working on, and we will continue to do that.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the residents of Ajax for a memorable summer that brought us closer together. We started summer with the Durham region Métis council's heritage celebration at the Ajax Community Centre. We cheered for team Canada together during the World Cup in Pat Bayly Square. We recognized National Indigenous History Month with a sunrise ceremony on the shore of Lake Ontario. We celebrated our great country on Canada Day at Ajax's Legion Branch 322 and the new Ajax Fairgrounds. We showcased our talented arts community at the 15th anniversary of the Ajax Centre for the Arts. We welcomed performers from overseas to Durham Summerfest, Ontario's biggest South Asian festival. Ajacians are vibrant, diverse and welcoming. We are proud to live on the shore of Lake Ontario and we are proud to be Canadian.

Mr. Speaker, I want to start by thanking all our partners in housing, the municipalities, provinces, indigenous communities, planners, builders and everybody else who is working together, because the trends are indeed moving in the right direction. Housing starts are up, housing sales are up, and rents are down. Things are moving in the right direction, thanks to everybody who is working hard together for Canada.

Mr. Speaker, there is some good news. I would like to point out that housing starts are 3% higher than in the same period last year. Completions have increased by 10%, meaning more homes are being finished. We are seeing growth in places like B.C., Ontario and Montreal. New construction is up by about 18%. We also know that sales are up as well and that the measures we put in place, such as the first-time homebuyers GST reductions and the HST reductions that are happening in Ontario, are working.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to share the good news that the build Canada homes act, Bill C-20, has just passed the Senate. This is another great initiative we have under way to bring down the cost of housing and, in particular, rent. I would like to share that rents have fallen for 20 consecutive month and are down nearly 8% from their peak last year. We are seeing them decline in a number of provinces, including decreases of 1.8% in Quebec, 3.9% in Alberta, 5.7% in British Columbia and 6% in Ontario, where the member is from.

Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to say that I will be sharing my time with the member of Parliament for Trois-Rivières whom I have the great honour of working with in our shared roles as parliamentary secretaries to the Minister of Infrastructure and Housing. I am thankful for the great privilege to speak today to Bill C-26, an act to authorize certain payments to be made out of the consolidated revenue fund for the purpose of improving housing supply. Over the past year, Canadians have navigated a rapidly changing and increasingly fragmented world, and Canada is not immune to the economic uncertainty that this has caused. We are dealing with a new reality that is more complex, more volatile, and for many people, more costly and unpredictable. In response, our government remains focused on solutions and on doing the hard work to support our communities, our industries and Canadians. The current government was elected on a strong mandate to build, and a key area of focus for the Prime Minister and our whole caucus is easing the housing crisis. Put simply, far too many Canadians are struggling to find a home they can afford. Bill C-26 is an important part of our comprehensive plan to address this decades-old issue, which is why we need to get it passed and to get it passed quickly. The legislation would authorize the Minister of Finance to make immediate payments to provinces and territories to support measures to increase housing supply. The proposed funding, totalling just over $1.7 billion, would help make housing more attainable for Canadians. These federal funds would be transferred to provinces and territories to be used exclusively for measures that increase housing supply, including but not limited to reducing development fees or levies on new home construction and making incremental investments in provincial and territorial programming already in place to spur housing development. Across the country, far too many Canadians are struggling to find a home they can afford. That is why we are taking action on multiple fronts to tackle the housing crisis. We are cutting red tape, investing in housing-enabling infrastructure and modernizing the homebuilding sector. Bill C-26 is part of that broader approach. We have seen encouraging signs of progress in many parts of the country, and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation confirmed that there is cause for optimism. Its “Spring 2026 Housing Supply Report” showed that housing starts increased by 6% in 2025, driven by record levels of rental construction, construction completions and growing activity in missing middle housing. These are encouraging signs, but we know we have more work to do. We have implemented several federal initiatives to increase housing supply. Last week, the House passed legislation to establish Build Canada Homes as a Crown corporation with the mandate to scale up the supply of affordable housing nationwide. In less than a year, Build Canada Homes has already advanced thousands of projects across the country to increase Canada's affordable housing supply. Soon, Build Canada Homes will have even more tools to get housing built across the country. Other measures, including targeted tax relief such as removing the 5% GST on new purpose-built rental construction, are lowering upfront costs and helping projects move forward. Programs such as the apartment construction loan program and CMHC's mortgage loan insurance projects help builders secure the capital they require to keep building, while the housing accelerator fund helps to unlock supply by cutting red tape and speeding up approvals. We are also investing in the infrastructure that makes housing possible. The Canada housing infrastructure fund and the new build communities strong fund support housing-enabling infrastructure, including water and waste-water systems, because homes cannot be built without the underlying systems that support them. A tangible example of this is a recent agreement with the Province of Ontario that reflects our commitment to help municipalities reduce development charges by 30% to 50% or more. These types of costs directly affect whether housing projects move forward. They have a direct impact on the economics that determine whether a project proponent moves forward with construction now or waits until another construction season. When we talk about thousands of units across the country, we are talking about real places that people will be able to call home. Whether it is families or young people getting their first start, seniors, or individuals who find themselves in need, thanks to the work of the government, these individuals will have the stability, the opportunity and the safety that having their own home provides. These projects would also mean thousands of jobs for labourers, carpenters, plumbers, framers and other workers across the country. They would mean opportunities for local suppliers and local businesses. At a time when our economy faces the risks of an uncertain world, the government is making the choice to invest in ourselves and to strengthen Canada. Bill C-26 would help to further address these pressures. The $1.7 billion proposed in the legislation would give provinces and territories the flexibility to take targeted action to unlock housing supply quickly and effectively where the communities need it most. This funding could and would make a real difference. Ontario's recent HST rebate announcement on new homes is a key example of how these transfers would improve supply. As part of tax relief efforts, the Ontario government, thanks to federal support tied to the bill, plans to rebate the full 13% harmonized sales tax on new homes valued up to $1 million, saving buyers up to $130,000. This has already had a positive impact on home sales, as the low-rise sector surpassed its 10-year average for the first time in three years, according to BILD, the Building Industry and Land Development Association. With the passage of this legislation, we could continue to make a positive impact across the country based on the local needs and priorities of the provinces and territories. Addressing Canada's housing crisis requires more than a one-size-fits-all approach. It demands a unified, all-hands-on-deck effort rooted in partnership, flexibility and immediate action. Bill C-26 would help bridge the gap between national ambition and local delivery, with targeted funding for provinces and territories to accelerate housing starts. By empowering our partners, we can build more homes faster and help ensure that every Canadian has a place to call home. Bill C-26 has been designed to unlock new housing supply across the country. Its passage would ensure that the needed funds contained in the legislation would get to the provinces and territories more quickly. I urge all members of this great House to support the legislation.

Mr. Speaker, we have a comprehensive approach to addressing housing in this country, and with this bill we would help provinces and territories remove barriers that are holding back homebuilding. This includes measures such as lowering development charges, fees, levies or sales taxes on new homes. It would also support efforts to harmonize rules, improve internal trade and increase productivity in the residential construction sector. The bill would build on the work we are doing with Build Canada Homes to catalyze a new industry of modern methods of construction, accelerate the construction of affordable housing and build on the work we are doing with the provinces to lower development charges.

Mr. Speaker, I am so excited that the legislation for Build Canada Homes has passed through the House. It will enable them to increase the tools that are available to them for financing affordable housing across this great country. They will have new tools that they did not have before. They will be able to go beyond grants and beyond loans. They will be able to really look forward at things like guarantees and equity and a whole bunch of different financial tools that were not available to them before. We all look forward to the ramping up of this great new agency and building affordable homes across the country.

Mr. Speaker, there is good news for Ontario residents and for the residents of Guelph. The deal that we have made with the Province of Ontario will be backdated to April 1 of this year. All new homes purchased since then will have a waiver of the HST. As I mentioned, that is the equivalent of saving $130,000 on a $1-million home. We are not stopping there. We also have affordable housing projects that are under way, from coast to coast to coast, including in Guelph. We look forward to working with the member so that we can have shovels in the ground in her community.

Mr. Speaker, I want to start by saying that the Gordie Howe International Bridge is a vital economic link between Canada and the United States. As we work toward an opening date, we are taking a collaborative approach, reflecting our shared ambition for this important trade corridor. As an entire team, we are committed to the timely opening of the bridge, and I hope the member opposite is ready to work with us to deliver on this important national infrastructure project as we take a team Canada approach.

Mr. Speaker, this is a timely question, as it is Filipino Heritage Month. As the member knows, we are making historic investments in infrastructure with the build communities strong fund. We are investing from coast to coast to coast. We look forward to working alongside that member and alongside communities so that we can build Canada strong.

Mr. Speaker I am pleased to rise to speak to the message from the Senate concerning Bill C-14, the bail and sentencing reform act. Today's debate is not about whether Bill C-14 should proceed. Both chambers of Parliament have now spent considerable time studying this legislation. The House of Commons debated it, the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights studied it, witnesses testified, amendments were proposed and considered, and the Senate has now completed its review. The question before us today is how we should respond to the amendments proposed by the Senate. As I will outline, I believe the House is thoughtful. The recommendations from the Senate are thoughtful. They are measured and entirely consistent with the objectives of Bill C-14. Before discussing the specific amendments, however, it is worth reflecting on why Parliament embarked on this work in the first place. Over the last number of years, Canadians from every region of the country have raised concerns about public safety. Those concerns have come from municipal leaders. They have come from premiers. They have come from police chiefs. They have come from transit workers. They have come from victims advocates. They have come from business owners. They have come from families who have experienced the impacts of crime in their communities. In community after community, including in my community of Ajax, Canadians have told us that the status quo is not acceptable. They have told us that organized crime is becoming more sophisticated. They have told us that violent extortion is becoming more common. They have told us that human trafficking continues to devastate lives. They have told us that repeat violent offending remains a serious concern. They have told us that assaults against frontline workers continue to occur far too frequently. These concerns are not isolated to one province or one city. They are national concerns. In recent years, we have seen a dramatic increase in extortion offences across Canada. Businesses have been targeted. Families have been threatened. Communities have been shaken. Law enforcement agencies have repeatedly warned Parliament about the growing sophistication of organized criminal networks, as well as the challenges of combatting them. Canadians are calling for bail reform, and with this bill, we will deliver. We have heard concerns from municipal leaders. Mayors across the country have called for stronger tools to address public safety challenges in their communities. In 2023, as the acting mayor of the City of Toronto, I joined in that advocacy. Provincial and territorial governments have repeatedly called on the federal government to review the criminal law framework and ensure that serious violent offending is met with an effective response. Police associations and police leaders have echoed those calls. The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police has repeatedly raised concerns about repeat violent offending and organized criminal activity. Provincial police associations have called for reforms that strengthen public confidence in the judicial system while maintaining respect for constitutional rights and judicial independence. Bill C-14 is Parliament's response to those concerns. The legislation takes a targeted and measured approach. It would strengthen bail provisions for certain serious offences. It would respond to repeat violent offending. It would create stronger sentencing measures for extortion and arson committed for criminal purposes. It would strengthen protections related to human trafficking. The bill includes measures aimed at improving public safety while maintaining judicial discretion and preserving charter protections. Importantly, Bill C-14 is not the product of a single political party acting alone. Throughout the legislative process, members from different parties have contributed to the bill. Amendments were proposed. Suggestions were considered. Improvements were made. The result is stronger legislation. That collaborative approach continued in the Senate. The Senate heard testimony from a wide range of witnesses. It reviewed the legislation carefully. It proposed amendments where senators believed refinements were warranted. The House now has an opportunity to consider those amendments. The first amendment before us today concerns sureties. As members know, the House adopted an amendment that would prohibit a person convicted of an indictable offence within the previous 10 years from acting as a surety. The Senate amendment would maintain that prohibition while allowing a court to exercise limited discretion in exceptional circumstances when no other surety is available and when doing so would be in the interest of justice. The government supports this amendment. It is important to understand why. The objective of the original House amendment remains intact. Individuals convicted of indictable offences would remain prohibited from acting as sureties. The Senate amendment would not remove that prohibition. It would not undermine that prohibition. It would not create a broad exception. Instead, it would create a narrow exception that may be used only when specific conditions are met. During the Senate study, witnesses raised concerns about how an absolute prohibition might operate in certain remote, rural and northern communities. In some communities, particularly in Canada's north, the pool of potential sureties can be extremely limited. The Senate heard testimony suggesting that an inflexible rule could create practical difficulties in circumstances where no other surety exists. The amendment would recognize those realities while maintaining the overall objective adopted by the House. It would preserve the rule while allowing courts to address exceptional circumstances. There would be reasonable balance. The second amendment concerns bail reporting. Members will recall that the House adopted an amendment requiring annual reporting respecting bail data. The Senate proposed expanding that reporting framework by including information related to rates of detention before trial. The government supports that proposal. Good public policy depends on good information. Parliamentarians should have access to meaningful data. Canadians should have confidence that decisions are informed by evidence. Including information regarding pretrial detention could help provide a more complete picture of how the bail system operates across the country. At the same time, the Senate amendment would also require the minister to consult individuals and organizations with expertise in data collection in the criminal justice system, including Statistics Canada. The government proposes modifying this portion of the Senate amendment. The reason is straightforward. The minister already possesses the ability to engage with experts, stakeholders and partners as required. Nothing in the legislation would prevent that engagement. Indeed, effective policy development routinely involves collaboration with experts and partners. However, creating a statutory consultation requirement is unnecessary and could reduce flexibility in the preparation of future reports. For that reason, the government proposes retaining the reporting enhancements while removing the mandatory consultation requirement. The third amendment concerns proposed subsection 515(13.2). The government respectfully disagrees with this amendment. The amendment would require a justice to ask on the record whether section 493.2 applies, even when neither party raises the issue. The objective behind the amendment is understandable. However, existing law already addresses the issue. Parliament previously enacted subsection 515(13.1), which requires courts to state on the record how section 493.2 was considered in making a bail decision. As a practical matter, compliance with that provision already requires consideration. The proposed amendment, therefore, would duplicate obligations that already exist. It would not create a new protection or right, and it would not alter the legal analysis requirements at bail. For those reasons, the government believes the amendment is unnecessary, and respectfully disagrees with it. The final amendment concerns the coming into force of provisions related to youth records. The government supports this amendment. Implementation matters. When Parliament enacts significant changes, justice system partners, police services, prosecutors and provincial and territorial partners require time to prepare. The amendment would provide flexibility to ensure that these provisions are implemented effectively and reasonably. When we step back and look at the amendments as a whole, an important point becomes clear. None of these amendments would alter the fundamental objectives of Bill C-14. None of them would change the core public safety measures contained the legislation or Parliament's commitment to addressing serious violent crime, organized crime, extortion or human trafficking. Canadians are looking to Parliament for action. They are looking for results. Police leaders have called for action. Provincial governments have called for action. Municipal leaders have called for action. Victims advocates have called for action. Community organizations have called for action. Canadians expect us to respond. Bill C-14 represents an important step forward. It would provide stronger tools to address violent offending, strengthen responses to extortion and organized criminal activity and enhance protections for communities, and it would do so while respecting judicial discretion, constitutional protections and the fundamental principles of our justice system. The Senate has completed its work. The House now has the opportunity to complete its work. We can accept some of these amendments and improve this bill. We propose a targeted modification where appropriate. We respectfully reject an amendment that would be unnecessary because the existing law already accomplishes its objective. We encourage all members of the House to support the motion before us so that Bill C-14 may proceed without delay and Canadians can benefit from these important reforms.

Mr. Speaker, the Senate heard from witnesses, and we feel its amendment is reasonable and fair and addresses some of the concerns it heard. We have heard loud and clear from municipal leaders, police chiefs, transit workers, victims advocates, business owners and communities that we need to strengthen Canada's bail system, we need to toughen sentences for serious and violent crimes, we need to modernize the youth criminal justice system and we need to strengthen military justice. We feel that Bill C‑14 would do all of that.

Mr. Speaker, we know that we need to do more to address homelessness in Canada, and that is why, with Build Canada Homes, we are investing $1 billion in supportive and transitional housing to help those who need it the most. Those are, in many cases, individuals suffering from mental health and addictions who need those wraparound supports, who want to come in off the street and improve their lives, but we need to ensure they have housing and services available to them. The good news is that we are getting closer to passing Bill C‑20 today, the Build Canada Homes act, and we look forward to working with everybody from coast to coast to coast to build that important housing that Canadians need.

Mr. Speaker, I am happy my colleague brought up transit workers. I know that as a Toronto MP, he is very committed to ensuring the safety of the TTC. I would like to point out that as acting mayor in 2023, I worked with Toronto council to call on the federal government to make bail harder to obtain for repeat violent offenders, and we are delivering that today with Bill C‑14. In addition, I worked with the Amalgamated Transit Union as a member of the TTC commission to advocate for stricter sentencing so that when the victim of the offence is a public transit operator or any other transit worker, we consider that an aggravating factor. Bill C‑14 would expand the federal Criminal Code to protect transit workers in all different disciplines. The Amalgamated Transit Union said, “Bill C‑14 delivers long-fought victory for every ATU Canada transit worker”. It also said, “For the first time, the Criminal Code of Canada recognizes that every transit worker, not just operators behind the wheel, deserves the full protection of the law.”

Mr. Speaker, we are helping young Canadians build their futures and we are making a generational investment in them. We are making these investments because we need to make sure that young Canadians secure a solid footing in the ever-changing job market. In doing that for them, we are doing it for all of Canada and for all Canadians. The 2026 spring economic update reaffirms this with a new $6-billion investment in a nationwide effort to recruit, train and hire up to 10,000 new Red Seal skilled trades workers in the next five years, creating opportunities that will align with Canada's housing, infrastructure and defence needs. As we ride an unprecedented wave of retirements, the young Canadians embarking on careers will be the drivers of Canada's future economic growth. With budget 2025, we are doing more to help Canada's youth launch successful careers and more to get those unemployment figures down. Starting this year, we are investing $594.7 million over two years to create more Canada summer jobs. The program will create and support up to 100,000 summer jobs this year. We have also earmarked $307.9 million for the youth employment and skills strategy. This will be another two-year investment starting this year to provide training and jobs to around 20,000 youth annually. Programs delivered under the youth employment and skills strategy are especially beneficial to youth facing barriers to employment. By that, I mean youth who live in rural and remote areas, youth with disabilities, newcomer youth and racialized youth. Those are just a few examples. Budget 2025 also invests $635.2 million over three years for the student work placement program. It will support around 135,000 work-integrated learning opportunities for youth who are enrolled in post-secondary education over a three-year period. I could say more, but I will pause here. These results are ongoing and these programs are helping youth find in-demand skills and improve their job prospects. This is why, working with our partners, we must ensure they are equipped with the skills and opportunities needed to thrive. We will do that.