Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think I indicated on numerous occasions that, in fact, in our earlier negotiations with respect to the collective agreement, our position was that if we took students, not necessarily out of the agreement, but if we defined, if you want, an hourly rate or a weekly rate for students that was less than, if you want to call a mature adult, I do not know whether that is the right term, but for a permanent position, in fact our desire was to do that and try to create more jobs not less jobs. Unfortunately, there was not, for a variety of reasons, concurrence on both parties. So what I said earlier, I believe, in the House was that we are looking at a possibility in our job strategy of the potential of a student job strategy for this coming summer, along with some other areas that both Mr. Dent and myself are looking at, on this issue of student employment.
John Todd on Question 210-13(4): Summer Employment Program
In the Legislative Assembly on February 3rd, 1997. See this statement in context.
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