TORONTO, July 30, 2015 /CNW/ - The Harper Government will
help 225 young Canadian Armed Forces reservists of the Primary
Reserve across Canada get the
information, skills and work experience they need to find and keep
jobs while remaining in the reserves. The announcement was made
today by the Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment
and Social Development.
Career Edge will use the investment of over $2,805,000 from the Harper Government to create a
new paid internship program for active reservists between the ages
of 19 and 30. Three host cities will be jointly determined by the
Department of National Defence and Career Edge as areas of concern
about retaining young reservists. The cities will be identified
after the program begins in August.
Today's announcement is just one example of what the Harper
Government is doing to help Canadians. To help hard-working
families, the Government has also boosted the Universal Child Care
Benefit, brought in the Family Tax Cut and increased the Child Care
Expenses Deduction and the Children's Fitness Tax Credit.
Quick Facts
- Career Edge is a self-sustaining organization that works to
connect highly motivated, well-qualified interns with leading
organizations since 1996.
- Today's investment is from the Career Focus program, which is
part of the Government of Canada's
Youth Employment Strategy, has helped 29,000 youth find jobs and
prepare for the workforce of tomorrow.
- The Harper Government's Youth Employment Strategy is helping
youth develop the skills and gain the experience they need to get
jobs now and prepare for the workforce of tomorrow. Since 2006, the
Youth Employment Strategy has helped over 611,000 youth.
- The boosted Universal Child Care Benefit provides $1,920 per year for each child under the age of
6, and $720 per year for each child
aged 6 through 17.
Quotes
"Our Government is helping young Canadians get the skills and
training they need to find good jobs and build better futures for
themselves and their families. I am pleased that our youth will
benefit from our initiatives to connect young people with jobs.
They join the more than half a million young Canadians who have
already benefited from our Government's Youth Employment
Strategy."
– The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of
Employment and Social Development
"Primary reservists are an important part of the Canadian
Armed Forces. By helping to create paid internships for them, the
Government is showing once again that it cares for reservists and
is taking direct action to help them be gainfully employed and
continue to serve Canada in the
Forces."
– The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of National
Defence
"We are proud to partner with Employment and
Social Development Canada and the Department of National Defence to
launch our new internship program for Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)
Reservists. Through this program, we will proudly help Reservists
get the experience they need to find meaningful and sustainable
work in their communities, while continuing to serve their military
units as part-time Reservists."
– Naguib Gouda,
President, Career Edge
Associated Links
- Economic Action Plan
- Services for Youth
- Family Tax Cut and the Universal Child Care Benefit
Backgrounder
The Youth Employment Strategy (YES) is the Government of
Canada's commitment to help youth
make a successful transition to the workplace. With annual funding
of approximately $330 million, YES
helps youth between the ages of 15 and 30 get the information and
gain the skills and work experience they need to succeed in the
workplace. YES includes the Skills Link and Career Focus programs
and the Canada Summer Jobs initiative, which creates thousands of
job opportunities for students every summer.
Skills Link helps youth facing barriers to
employment—including single parents, youth with disabilities, young
newcomers and youth in rural and remote areas—to develop the skills
and gain the experience needed to find a job or the confidence to
return to school. Skills Link has helped over 191,000 youth since
2006.
Career Focus helps post-secondary graduates transition to
the job market through paid internships and helps to provide youth
with the information and experience they need to make informed
career decisions, find a job and/or pursue advanced studies. Since
2006, Career Focus has helped over 29,000 youth.
Canada Summer Jobs
provides funding to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector
employers and small businesses with 50 or fewer employees to create
summer job opportunities for young people aged 15 to 30 years who
are full-time students intending to return to their studies in the
next school year. Since it began in 2007, Canada Summer Jobs has
helped over 304,000 students.
The Government of Canada is
helping Canadian youth get the skills employers are looking for
with the Canada Job Grant, apprenticeship grants and the new Canada
Apprentice Loan. The Government also offers tax credits, such as
the tuition, education and textbook tax credits, tradesperson's
tools deduction, and the Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax
Credit.
The Government of Canada also
provides a range of support—including Canada Student Loans, Canada
Student Grants, the Canada Learning Bond and the Canada Education
Savings Grant—to help young Canadians pursue and save for their
post-secondary education, so that they acquire the skills and
training they need to succeed in the job market.
Visit youth.gc.ca and CanLearn.ca for more information.
Career Edge is a self-sustaining social enterprise that
connects interns with leading organizations. Since 1996, Career
Edge has provided 12,000 recent university and college graduates,
including those with self-declared disabilities, and
internationally qualified professionals with career-launching
internship opportunities.
SOURCE Canada's Economic Action
Plan