Campaign Trail: Dovercourt Boys and Parks Canada

campaign trail: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the Dovercourt Boys and Girls Club in Toronto on Feb. 12, 2016, according to Huffington Post Canada. The pledge was part of a larger strategy to give young workers more opportunities to earn money and to combat youth unemployment rates that were double the national average. On the campaign trail just over one year ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to create 5,000 green jobs for young Canadians annually, with thousands slated to be guides and interpreters at Parks Canada. Despite pouring millions into the federal youth employment strategy in their first budget, figures provided from Parks Canada show the agency employed 1,636 students this past summer, an increase of 435 over the students employed during summer 2015 — but only one-third of the total promised by Trudeau. The final tally won't be known until fall 2017, the department said. The green jobs the Liberals promised are expected to surpass 2,000 by the end of the fiscal year next March, based on figures provided by Employment and Social Development Canada, which oversees the federal youth employment strategy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.