The purpose of the Canada Summer Jobs Program is to help youth gain job experience to help them (and ultimately the country) with their futures. 1/8 #cdnpoli
Did you catch that? It's for youth, not employers. Yes, it rewards the employer for helping the youth, but its purpose is not for the employer. 2/8
If the gov't looks ahead to what our country is going to need & they see we will need more people working in a particular field then they should encourage employers in that field to give youth opportunity for that experience. Right now that happens to be #STEM 3/8
For the gov't to say that they won't give money to an employer whose core mandate or activity is violating the law is more than reasonable. It's right. And before you argue with me about that, remember the purpose of the funding is for youth, all of them, including #LGBTQ 4/8
That hate group that got funding is a great example of why this is so important. Hate groups have no place in our society and most of us don't want our money going to fund them. 5/8 #cdnpoli
That particular hate group's HQ is in a K-W riding with a Conservative MP. That MP had to sign off on their application to grant them that funding. 6/8 #cdnpoli
(I have questions about that & that it was also Conservatives who made it public knowing it would be incendiary while all along they were the ones who signed off on that group getting funding.) 7/8 #cdnpoli
In closing, I reiterate - The purpose of the Canada Summer Jobs funding is to help YOUTH. Employers: It's not about you. It was never your entitlement. 8/8 #cdnpoli
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