Summer Jobs Available for Students in Longueuil: Government of Canada Connecting Students with Employers

June 21, 2017 – Longueuil, Quebec – Sherry Romanado, Member of Parliament for Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, today announced that the Government of Canada will invest nearly $860,000 to help create more than 250 summer jobs for students in the riding of Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne through the 2017 Canada Summer Jobs program.

A summer job is an important way for young people to learn new skills and get valuable work experience for their résumés. Thanks to CSJ, which provides funding to help employers create summer job opportunities for students in their communities, young Canadians from across the country will be able to access thousands of summer jobs opportunities with small businesses, not-for-profit organizations and the public sector. Students can find out who is hiring in Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne through the Canada Summer Jobs program at: Canada.ca/canada-summer-jobs.

The Government of Canada continues to help young Canadians get the experience and develop the skills they need to get a strong start in their careers. Last year, the number of jobs available through the CSJ program nearly doubled, up from 34,000 jobs to roughly 65,800. Since its inception in 2007, CSJ has helped approximately 330,000 students.

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Our government is committed to our plan to give Canadian youth the tools and supports they need to succeed, and Canada Summer Jobs is a big part of that plan. I invite all students who are looking for a summer job to take advantage of this opportunity to develop their skills, gain valuable work experience and earn money.

The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour

I encourage all students from Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne to benefit from these summer jobs opportunities to gain valuable skills and experience while earning money for the upcoming school year.

Sherry Romanado, Member of Parliament for Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne

Quick Facts

Canada Summer Jobs is an important part of the federal government’s Youth Employment Strategy (YES). Each year the Government invests more than $330 million in YES to help young people gain the skills, abilities and work experience they need to find and maintain good employment.
In 2016 the federal government significantly increased its investment in the Canada Summer Jobs program over the next three years. An additional $339 million was allocated to create more summer jobs for young Canadians. As a result, in 2016 the CSJ program funded roughly 65,800 jobs, which nearly doubled the number of jobs created over previous years.
In addition to the funds provided for Canada Summer Jobs, the federal government provided $165.4 million in 2016–17 for YES to create new green jobs for youth, increase the number of youth who access the Skills Link program and support employment opportunities in the heritage sector.
In March, Budget 2017 proposed a further $395.5 million over three years for YES, starting in 2017–18.
Since 2005, YES has helped over 820,000 young Canadians get the training and work experience they need to enter the labour market.