Vaughan - This summer, in Vaughan-Woodbridge more students than ever before will have a job under the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program as 156 positions were approved. On the job work experience is an important way for young people to get the skills they need to launch their careers.

The Vaughan-Woodbridge constituency was the result of the re-alignment of boundaries and so there is no previous data for comparison. However, the jobs in the constituency are part of more than 77,000 new jobs approved across Canada. That’s more than twice as many people than the year before.

Francesco Sorbara, the Member of Parliament Vaughan Woodbridge and the Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk announced $465,008 in funding for the creation of 156 CSJ positions in his riding.

CSJ creates summer job opportunities and provides valuable work experience for youth aged 15 to 30 intending to return to their full-time studies in the next school year. The program also helps employers generate jobs that focus on priorities important to their local communities as well as on a number of national priorities that include, in 2016: the settlement of Syrian refugees, Indigenous people, small businesses and cultural and creative industries.
The Canada Summer Jobs Program is part of the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment Strategy to help young people gain the skills, abilities and work experience they need to find and maintain good employment.

Quotes

“Creating summer jobs for students benefits not only youth and employers, but also the economy as a whole”

Francesco Sorbara, Member of Parliament for Vaughan-Woodbridge

“We set an ambitious goal to create up to 70,000 jobs for youth across Canada, and we’ve exceeded it. More young people than ever before will benefit from a job this summer through this program.”

The Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour

Quick Facts

• Budget 2016 included $339 million over three years in new funding for the Canada Summer Jobs program, the first funding increase since 2009
• In 2015, 300,000 students were unable to find jobs during the summer in Canada
• 13,373 approved positions across Canada are from small businesses with fewer than 50 employees, up 397% from the summer before