Chronic Unemployment: Young Canadians

young Canadians: About 420,000 youth aged 15 to 24 -- or nearly one in 10 young Canadians -- are neither employed nor enrolled in school, the report found. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "They are basically on the sidelines doing nothing," he said in an interview. "They will not be able to penetrate this very competitive labour market." TORONTO -- Young Canadians are at risk of chronic unemployment as growing numbers are graduating well-educated, but with no work experience, a CIBC report suggests. The economic reality for young Canadians today is very different than that of previous generations, said CIBC deputy chief economist Benjamin Tal, the report's author. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.