The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities and Member of Parliament for Delta, encouraged eligible British Columbia employers today to take advantage of a newly enhanced Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program that will create up to double the number of available student jobs.
Appearing with Her Worship Lois E. Jackson, Mayor of Delta, at the North Delta Recreation Centre, Minister Qualtrough urged interested employers not to miss the new application deadline of March 11. The Government of Canada has announced that it will support the hiring of up to 70,000 students across the country through CSJ in 2016, approximately double the 34,000 hired under the program last year.
Approximately 150 students were hired in Newton–North Delta and Delta–Richmond East by employers funded under the program last summer, while more than 3,100 benefited across British Columbia.
CSJ creates summer job opportunities and provides valuable work experience for youth intending to return to their studies in the next school year. The program also helps employers generate jobs that focus on priorities important to their local communities as well on a number of national priorities that include:
employers who help welcome and settle Syrian refugees to Canada, as well as Syrian students;
Indigenous people, who are among the fastest-growing segments of the Canadian population;
small businesses working to become more innovative, competitive and successful, in recognition of their key contribution to the creation of new jobs; and
cultural and creative industries looking to create jobs and to strengthen our rich Canadian identity. This latter priority will support the planning of Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017.
The Government of
Canada
is extending the application deadline for the program by two weeks to
March 11, 2016
, and invites all eligible employers to apply at www.servicecanada.gc.ca/csj or by visiting a Service Canada office. Applicants approved for funding will be able to hire students as early as
May 2016
.
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