I want to thank her for her hard work, and also Mr. Blaney, and I am working hard too, sir.

The Auditor General has also been working very hard for Canada, and he made a startling statement that the “measure of success” from this Liberal government has been “the amount of money spent, rather than improved outcomes”, and I'm very concerned when we have the Auditor General saying that.

Mr. Blaney brought up some issues about the Canadian summer jobs program being used to fund anti-Semitic and hate activities. Your response was about substantive funding to our youth. That sounds like what the Auditor General is saying. Outcomes are more important, not how much money. You said there was more money to develop their skills, and important job opportunities. I would suggest, Minister, that having funding....

This the first year that the Canada summer jobs program has given opportunity with conditions. The applicants for this funding for Canada summer jobs have to attest that they agree with the government's core values. Their core values have to be the government's core values.

The government owns this. When money is being used for anti-Semitic hate purposes or funding terrorism, it is very concerning. The government just announced last week that it has spent $4.5 billion to buy the Kinder Morgan pipeline, after creating an environment of chaos, and through Canada summer jobs it is actually funding Dogwood. The Canada summer jobs program announcement in that application was to protest the Kinder Morgan pipeline. I'm very concerned that taxpayers' money is being used in this way.

A law professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Jason MacLean, said of the wording of the new core values test, “Notwithstanding the Prime Minister's backtracking, the language to me is overbroad.” He said that the declaration would probably not survive a charter challenge “because it infringes on the fundamental right of freedom of religion and conscience in a way that is not justifiable.” That was Jason MacLean.

John Ibbitson, with The Globe and Mail, wrote:

Thousands of student summer-job grants, along with a brand-new community-service program, have been rendered unavailable to organizations and people of faith, thanks to an obnoxious new Liberal values oath.

Andrew Bennett, former ambassador for religious freedoms in Canada, said the Trudeau government is displaying “totalitarian” tendencies with its controversial changes to the student summer jobs program.

John Ivison of the National Post said that Scott Simms, the popular Newfoundland MP, was removed from his job as chair of fisheries, losing a salary bonus of $1,100, because he voted in favour of a Conservative motion. What was that motion? The motion was:

That, in the opinion of the House, organizations that engage in non-political non-activist work, such as feeding the homeless, helping refugees, and giving kids an opportunity to go to camp, should be able to access Canada Summer Jobs funding regardless of their private convictions and regardless of whether or not they choose to sign the application attestation.

Minister, I'm very concerned that the Auditor General is saying that spending money doesn't mean results and that the restrictive opportunities the government is giving are not in the interest of Canada.

Minister, why did you vote against a motion that was fair, that said let's make it non-partisan, let's make it non-political, let's focus on results, and results that are good for Canadian youth so that they can get a job and have a great experience? Minister, why did you vote against that fair motion in the House?

Mark Warawa

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