«We spend more than virtually any other country on public investments and job training and skills development, and yet we have
unacceptably high levels of unemployment amongst young Canadians, aboriginal Canadians, new immigrants, and persons with disabilities,» he said.
Beyond these concerns,
of course, we still need to fix problems that have been with us for some time during the crisis:
unacceptably high unemployment, especially among young people;
high levels of debt in many countries; and the need to complete the financial reform agenda.