Yesterday, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth announced the launch of the hiring period for the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) 2022. More than 140,000 quality CSJ placements are now available across the country for young people between the ages of 15 and 30.

Over the last couple of months, 50 organizations and businesses in Fleetwood—Port Kells have applied for this program. If successful, this would mean more than 200 jobs for students in our riding and would translate to more than 1.3 million dollars of funding for FPK!

Throughout the summer, youth across Canada can find new job opportunities in their communities on jobbank.gc.ca/youth and the Job Bank mobile app. This year, CSJ is prioritizing projects that support youth who have not completed high school or who are not currently enrolled in an education or training program, as well as Black, Indigenous and racialized young people, youth with disabilities, and youth from the LGBTQ2+ community. By providing all youth equitable opportunities to develop their skills, CSJ can help them to succeed in the job market.

CSJ-funded jobs started as early as April 25, 2022. The last possible date to start a job is July 24, 2022. The latest end date for all CSJ jobs is September 3, 2022.

Yesterday’s announcement builds on the government’s ongoing actions taken to support all Canadians, as highlighted in Budget 2022, which is about growing Canada's economy, creating good jobs, and building a Canada where nobody gets left behind.

For more information on this announcement, you can read yesterday’s News Release.

Additionally, the Canada Summer Jobs background can be found here.

Our constituency office can also help, contact us at 604-501-5900 or by email at [email protected].