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NEWS RELEASE
LLOYD LONGFIELD, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR GUELPH
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Canada’s economic recovery depends on young people being able to get good jobs now and into the future. This is why the Government of Canada continues to make historic investments in young people, ensuring they have the supports and opportunities needed to build long and successful careers.
Today, Lloyd Longfield, the Member of Parliament for Guelph, on behalf of the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Carla Qualtrough, met virtually with participants from Second Chance Employment Counselling (Wellington) Inc. to discuss their project, funded through the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS).
In November 2020, Second Chance received nearly $1.4 Million (over 3 years) to help youth in Guelph and Wellington develop the skills needed to get – and keep – good jobs. This funding will ensure that young people have access to the supports and job experiences they need right now and for their future careers.
We know that women have been hardest hit by COVID. They continue to take on the majority of the work on the frontlines of the pandemic. The shecession is real, and unless Canadian women are working, safe, with their families cared for, we will not fully recover from the pandemic.
Today we are celebrating the additional funding of $448,399 to support Second Chance’s Women2Work program. This new program will support 40 women who have been disproportionately affected during the pandemic.
It provides a safe inclusive space for women to address lack of skills and experience as well as broader issues that have affected women in the workforce since the start of the pandemic.
We are taking a collaborative and government-wide approach to supporting youth and women by ensuring their inclusion in all aspects of the economic recovery.
Through Budget 2021, the Government is investing an additional $5.7 billion over the next five years to help young Canadians pursue and complete their education, acquire new skills and access more work opportunities.
This is on top of the $7.4 billion already invested in support of young Canadians during the pandemic. Thousands more young Canadians will be able to benefit from the following historic Government investments:
- Approximately 37,000 new job placements through the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy over the next two years
- 220,000 job placements through Canada Summer Jobs over the next two years
- an expected 50,000 work-integrated learning opportunities through the Student Work Placement Program in 2021–22
- at least 85,000 work-integrated learning placements through Mitacs over the next five years starting in 2021–22
- 28,000 training and work opportunities for young Canadians through the Canada Digital Technology Adoption program.
Taken together, the Government of Canada’s response to the current crisis represents one of the largest youth support packages in the world.
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