- Created the Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit (a tax credit given to businesses who pay qualifying apprentices) in 2006, and promises to increase the existing maximum credit amount of $2000 to $2500 and expand it to apply to later years of training (1, 2)
- Introduced the Canada Apprentice Loan, which gives apprentices access to $4000 interest-free loans while undergoing periods of unpaid technical training (3, 4, 5)
- As part of Economic Action Plan 2009, introduced the Apprenticeship Completion Grant, a $2000 cash grant for apprentices who successfully complete their training (6, 7)
- As part of Economic Action Plan 2013, introduced the Canada Job Grant, which provides up to $5000 per worker to be matched by provincial governments and employers to fund worker training (8)
- Did not support Bill C-636 (Intern Protection Act) on the basis that it went “too far,” that it “discourages employers from offering legitimate and meaningful opportunities,” and that it would not reflect the variety of situations in which internships are undertaken (9)
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- Promises to put $200 million over four years towards creating 40,000 jobs, paid internships, and co-op placements for young people in conjunction with non-government employers (10)
- Will require infrastructure projects receiving at least $10 million in federal funding (as well as development projects by federally regulated airports, port authorities, and Crown corporations) to hire a certain ratio of apprentices to other workers (11)
- Pledged $5 million a year in grants to municipalities to create 1,250 new apprenticeships (12)
- Promises to “crack down” on abuse of unpaid internships, and ensure health and safety protections for interns (13)
- Tabled Bill C-636, the ‘Intern Protection Act’ (November, 2014), which would have made unpaid interns entitled to the same protections as regular employees under the Canada Labour Code (14-15)
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- Promises to create 40,000 youth jobs every year for the next 3 years by investing $300 million annually into Canada’s Youth Employment Strategy, and would subsequently set its funding at $385 million per year (17-18)
- Pledges to increase funding for provincial and territorial job training programs by $750 million a year (16)
- Pledges to work with provinces and other institutions to develop and expand pre-apprenticeship training programs (19)
- Promises to invest $40 million per year to create new co-op placements in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and business programs by offering to pay up to $5000 of a co-op student’s salary to employers who create new co-op positions (20)
- Will give $25 million per year to a new ‘Youth Service Program’ designed to give young people experience by participating in “community building projects” across the country (21)
- Voted in favour of Bill C-636 (Intern Protection Act) (27)
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- Proposes to create a ‘Youth Community and Environment Service Corps" that will provide federal minimum wage employment for 40,000 youth every year for four years in a variety of locally determined community projects; upon completion of the program, youth will be given a $4000 tuition credit towards further education or training (24)
- Believes that the federal government must do a better job of streamlining labour market development transfers to the provinces and territories (22)
- Will require businesses above a certain size to allocate at least 1% of their annual payroll toward training new workers (as currently exists in Quebec) (23)
- Will abolish tuition fees for post-secondary education and job training by 2020 (25)
- Promises to ban unpaid internships (26)
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