credit from 20% to 15%. We think these measures will make it work better and ensure that research and development are increasingly translated into jobs, employment and the breakthroughs of tomorrow that would allow the businesses of tomorrow in this country to move ahead. These measures have already had a huge impact in my riding. Fifty Ajax business owners have written to me recently about the hiring credit for small business and about the pooled registered pension plan scheme contained in the bill. They are excited about it. It is relevant for them. That only adds to our determination on this side to move ahead. The youth employment strategy that the government has put forward has had benefits across the board in communities like Ajax -- Pickering with $428,000 and 67 projects for the summer jobs program just this year, with much more to come under the same strategy. In Canada's statement, prepared for the recent IMF board meeting in Tokyo, our Minister of Finance spoke of "measures to support jobs and growth by improving conditions for businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators, investing in training and infrastructure, and helping the unemployed find jobs". That is exactly what the bill does. Stay Up to Date! Subscribe to Chris' E-News It is quick and easy to subscribe and you will automatically receive emails with the latest news and information from Chris. Subscribe now!