Harper Government creates summer jobs and bright futures for youth in Temiskaming Shores

TEMISKAMING SHORES, ON, July 16, 2015 /CNW/ - The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development, along with Jay Aspin, Member of Parliament for Nipissing-Timiskaming, today announced that 125 young Canadians in North Bay, Temiskaming Shores, and the surrounding communities are participating in meaningful summer employment through a Canada Summer Jobs investment with 85 employers. The announcement was made at the Temiskaming Shores Waterfront Pool and Fitness Centre, which has hired a student to work as a lifeguard and swim instructor.

Canada Summer Jobs helps students gain the skills and experience they need to be successful, now and in the future, while earning money for the upcoming school year. In 2015, the Canada Summer Jobs program is expected to create over 11,900 jobs with 6,740 employers in Ontario, and approximately 35,000 jobs across the country, while helping employers address skills shortages.

Today's announcement is one example of what the Harper Government is doing to help Canadians.To help hard-working families, the Government has increased the Universal Child Care Benefit and the Family Tax Cut, and is making improvements to the Child Care Expenses Deduction and the Children's Fitness Tax Credit.

Quick facts

• Since 2006–2007, the Youth Employment Strategy has helped more than 611,000 young people develop skills, to the benefit of the Canadian economy.
• The Harper Government is supporting up to 3,000 internships in high-demand fields and up to 1,000 internships in small and medium-sized businesses.
• The Government is also encouraging apprenticeships and careers in the skilled trades through grants and tax credits, along with support for training programs.
• The Universal Child Care Benefit is increasing from $100 to $160 per month, totalling up to $1,920 per year, for children under the age of six, and parents will now receive a new benefit of $60 per month, up to $720 per year, for each child aged six through 17.

Quotes

"Through Canada Summer Jobs, we are helping to equip young Canadians with the skills and experience they need to get jobs now and prepare for the workforce of tomorrow. By creating jobs for youth in Nipissing-Timiskaming, Canada Summer Jobs helps students, employers and our local economy. It is yet another example of how our Government is creating jobs and economic growth."
- The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development

"Today's youth are tomorrow's workforce. By investing in young people today, we are making sure they are ready to become Canada's future workers and contribute to our long-term prosperity. Our plan for jobs and growth, as well as our significant initiatives to counter youth out-migration, is good news for people in Nipissing-Timiskaming, especially our young people."
- Jay Aspin, Member of Parliament for Nipissing-Timiskaming

"The Corporation of the City of Temiskaming Shores truly appreciates the support it has received from the Government of Canada under the Canada Summer Jobs Program for the hiring of students for summer operations in the City. The youth and the community fare very well in this partnership – the youth gain valuable work experience and are able to raise funds for further education and the community gains through improved recreation services."  
- Mayor Carman Kidd, City of Temiskaming Shores

Associated Links

• Funding: Canada Summer Jobs
• Economic Action Plan
• Services for Youth
• Family Tax Cut and the Universal Child Care Benefit

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Backgrounder

The investment in support of these students will total almost $33 million for Ontario and $301,423 for Nipissinig-Timiskaming.

Led by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) in partnership with 10 other federal departments, the Youth Employment Strategy (YES) is the Government of Canada's commitment to help youth make a successful transition to the workplace. YES helps youth between the ages of 15 and 30 get the information and gain the skills, job experience and abilities they need to make a successful transition to the workplace. YES includes the Skills Link and Career Focus programs, as well as Summer Work Experience, which includes ESDC's Canada Summer Jobs initiative. Canada Summer Jobs creates thousands of job opportunities for students every summer.

Summer Work Experience provides wage subsidies to employers to create summer employment for secondary and post-secondary students. The Summer Work Experience program includes Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ). CSJ 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 who are full-time students intending to return to their studies in the next school year. Since 2006–2007, Summer Work Experience has helped over 390,000 students and ESDC's Canada Summer Jobs has helped over 304,000 students.

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 they need to find a job or to return to school. Since 2006–2007, Skills Link has helped over 191,000 youth.

Career Focus helps post-secondary graduates transition to the labour 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 2006–2007, the Career Focus initiative has helped over 29,000 youth acquire skills needed to join the job market.

The Government of Canada is supporting up to 3,000 internships in high-demand fields and up to 1,000 internships in small and medium-sized businesses.

The Government of Canada is also helping post-secondary students finance and repay their education through loans, grants and repayment assistance helping young Canadians pursue and save for their post-secondary education and acquire the skills and training they need to succeed in the job market and in the future economy.

In addition, Economic Action Plan 2014 introduced the Canada Apprentice Loan to help apprentices registered in designated Red Seal trades with the cost of their training, and to encourage more Canadians to consider a career in the skilled trades. It is estimated that at least 26,000 apprentices per year will apply for over $100 million in loans.

To learn more about Canada's Economic Action Plan, visit actionplan.gc.ca.

The Government of Canada is helping youth plan their careers, learn new skills and find jobs through enhanced online services available at youth.gc.ca.

Helping families prosper

The Government of Canada has proposed new measures to make life more affordable for Canadian families.

The Family Tax Cut is a non-refundable credit of up to $2,000 for couples with children under the age of 18, that takes effect starting with the 2014 tax year.

The Children's Fitness Tax Credit may be claimed by families whose children participated in an eligible program of physical activity in 2014. Families may be able to claim up to $1,000 per child for the cost of the program. If the child is eligible for the disability tax credit and the program costs at least $100 in registration or membership fees, families can claim an additional $500.

The Universal Child Care Benefit would increase to $160 per month for children under the age of 6, and parents may receive a new benefit of $60 per month for each eligible child aged 6 through 17. The new benefit amounts would take effect on January 1, 2015, and would begin to be reflected in monthly payments to recipients in July 2015.

The limits used to calculate the Child Care Expenses Deduction would increase by $1,000 starting in the 2015 tax year: from $7,000 to $8,000 for children under the age of 7; from $4,000 to $5,000 for children aged 7 through 16; and from $10,000 to $11,000 for children who are eligible for the Disability Tax Credit.

Once fully implemented, the new family package would mean more money in the pockets of Canadian families.

Organizations receiving Canada Summer Jobs funding in Nipissing-Timiskaming

Constituency	Organization Name	Municipality	Jobs agreed
Nipissing - Timiskaming	City of Temiskaming Shores	Haileybury	3
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Temagami First Nation	Bear Island	3
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Canadian Cancer Society	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Near North Palliative Care Network	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Canadian Mental Health Association - Cochrane Timiskaming Branch	Temiskaming Shores	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	North Bay & District Multicultural Centre	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Les Suites des Présidents' Suites	Haileybury	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Weed Man	North Bay	2
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Nipissing University	North Bay	3
Nipissing - Timiskaming	North East CCAC	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Heritage Gardeners	North Bay	2
Nipissing - Timiskaming	North Bay & District Chamber of Commerce	North Bay	4
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Nipissing Lodge	Nipissing	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Induspec	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Dr. Mark Churman	Haileybury	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Blue Sky Animal Hospital	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Greenwood Baptist Church	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Haileybury Heritage Museum	Haileybury	2
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Metis Nation of Ontario	North Bay	3
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Gagnes Red & White Store Ltd.	Rutherglen	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	University of Guelph	New Liskeard	2
Nipissing - Timiskaming	L'Arche North Bay	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Temiskaming Shores & Area Chamber of Commerce	New Liskeard	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Habitat for Humanity North Bay	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Haileybury Family Health Team	Haileybury	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Calvary North Bay	North Bay	3
Nipissing - Timiskaming	NEOFACS	New Liskeard	3
Nipissing - Timiskaming	North Bay Youth Soccer Club	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	DIA (Downtown North Bay)	North Bay	2
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Nady-Paddle Program	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Temagami & District Chamber of Commerce	Temagami	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	North Bay Jack Garland Airport Corporation	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Town of Latchford	Latchford	2
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Conseil scolaire catholique de district des Grandes Rivières	Timmins	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	CAA NEO	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Science North	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Capitol Centre/W.K.P. Kennedy Gallery	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	CMHA Nipissing Regional Branch	North Bay	2
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Fish Bay Marina	Nipissing Township	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	South Shore Evangelical Missionary Church	Callander	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Mattawa Women's Resource Centre	Mattawa	2
Nipissing - Timiskaming	The Corporation of the Township of Papineau-Cameron	Mattawa	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	The Bunker	Cobalt	3
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Literacy Council of South Temiskaming	New Liskeard	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Classic Theatre Cobalt	Cobalt	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Temiskaming Art Gallery	Haileybury	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Discovery North Bay Museum	North Bay	2
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Town of Cobalt	Cobalt	2
Nipissing - Timiskaming	AIDS Committee of North Bay & Area	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Town of Mattawa	Mattawa	3
Nipissing - Timiskaming	The Gathering Place	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Little Claybelt Museum	New Liskeard	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Funding Matters Inc	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Children's Aid Society of the District of Nipissing and Parry Sound	North Bay	3
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Township of Nipissing	Nipissing	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	North Bay Legion Track Club	North Bay	2
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Little Wings Child Care Centre	Hornell Heights	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	ACFO, région Témiskaming	New Liskeard	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Greening Nipissing	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Small Pond Entertainers Inc.	New Liskeard	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Canadian Red Cross	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Alzheimer Society Sudbury-Manitoulin North Bay & Districts	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Callander Public Library	Callander	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Centre pour enfants Timiskaming Child Care	New Liskeard	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	YMCA of North Bay	Callander	2
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Township of Coleman	Coleman	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Fairview Early Learning and Child Care Centre	Powassan	2
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Capitol Centre	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Powassan and District Union Public Library	Powassan	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	VON	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	One Kids Place Children's Treatment Centre	North Bay	4
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Trinity United Church	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	The United Church of  Canada	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Temagami Family Health Team	Temagami	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Cobalt Mining Museum	Cobalt	2
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Mattawa Museum	Mattawa	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Marsh Bay Resort	Cobalt	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Mahingan Development Corp	Thorne	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Near North District School Board	North Bay	2
Nipissing - Timiskaming	St. John Ambulance North Bay	North Bay	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Cobalt Historical Society Inc.	Cobalt	1
Nipissing - Timiskaming	Wolf Lake Ontario Office	Thorne	2
Nipissing - Timiskaming	North Bay Indian Friendship Centre	North Bay	1

Total jobs: 125

SOURCE Employment and Social Development Canada

Aaron Bell, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Employment and Social Development, 819-994-2482; Media Relations Office, Employment and Social Development Canada, 819-994-5559, [email protected]