WINNIPEG, July 18, 2018 /CNW/ - Building a strong middle class means giving Canada's youth the tools they need to find and keep good jobs.
That's why Robert-Falcon Ouellette, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre, on behalf of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, met with staff and participants with Film Training Manitoba today to discuss their Career Focus Crew Internship Program which has helped provide 36 interns since July 2015 with job skills training and hands-on work experience on film and television productions.
Film Training Manitoba's primary objective through this program is to increase the number of highly qualified and skilled crew members in Manitoba, by providing young Manitobans between the ages of 18 to 30 with on-the-job-training through supervised work experience placements.
The Government of Canada has provided $104,033 in funding for this project through the Career Focus program of the Youth Employment Strategy. Career Focus supports projects that help post-secondary graduates transition to the labour market through paid internships, and helps to provide them with the information and experience they need to make informed career decisions, find a job and/or pursue advanced studies.
Quotes
"We know that our communities are healthier and stronger when everyone can fully participate. Supporting youth as they move into the workforce is a key way we can grow our economy and strengthen the middle class."
– The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour
"I am proud to highlight a project that provides youth with the opportunity to explore their professional interests while improving the skills that will help them land a job in their field of study. Projects like this enable young Canadians to turn their ambitions into reality."
– Robert-Falcon Ouellette, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre
"The success of the Career Focus Crew Internship Program is made possible through the incredible support from Manitoba's production community, the labour unions, and FTM staff. The Internship Program is a collaboration - it is through strong partnerships that FTM is able to help individuals, and by extension the film and television industry, to grow."
– Neila Benson, FTM Executive Director
Quick Facts
- Canada's future prosperity depends on young people getting the education and work experience they need to succeed. Each year, the Government invests over $330 million in the Youth Employment Strategy to help young people gain the skills and work experience they need to find and maintain good employment.
- Through Budget 2018, the Government provides an additional $448.5 million over five years, starting in 2018–19, to the Youth Employment Strategy. This funding will support the continued increase of the number of job placements funded under the Canada Summer Jobs program in 2019–20.
- Budget 2017 invested an additional $395.5 million over three years. Combined with Budget 2016 measures, these investments will help:
- more than 33,000 vulnerable youth develop the skills they need to find work or go back to school;
- create 15,000 new green jobs for young Canadians; and
- provide over 1,600 new employment opportunities for youth in the heritage sector.
Related products
Backgrounder - Youth Employment Strategy
Associated Links
Youth Employment Strategy
Career Focus Program
SOURCE Employment and Social Development Canada
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