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Share this article Share this article GATINEAU, QC, May 18, 2021 /CNW/ - The COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous impact on Canadian workers with many facing job losses and the need to upgrade or learn new skills to re-join the workforce. The Government of Canada has been there for workers and their families throughout the pandemic and continues to make ground-breaking investments to create jobs and help businesses come roaring back. Making sure that workers can improve or acquire new skills...

Date Time Share Canada welcomes recent publication of Disability Advisory Committee’s second annual report and restates its support for Canadians From: Canada Revenue Agency Today, the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue, released the Government’s response to the second annual report of the Disability Advisory Committee (Committee). Today, the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue, released the Government’s response to the second annual rep...

Share this article Supporting Canadas economic recovery by providing in-demand tech skills to Canadians VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 28, 2021 /CNW/ - Canadas Digital Technology Supercluster (Digital Supercluster) is proud to announce its largest investment to date in developing in-demand digital talent through its Capacity Building Program. The Canadian Tech Talent Accelerator project is a total investment of $8.7 million, with $7.3 million invested by industry and other partners and $1.4 million of c...

  CALGARY -- Albertans who are out of work will soon be able to benefit from a federal funding grant aimed at helping them acquire training and access employment benefits. The money, which comes from a $1.5 billion investment into Workforce Development Agreements (WDAs), will assist Albertans who are seeking jobs. Supports through the provinces WDA include skills training, on-the-job training, employer-sponsored training, financial assistance and benefits, employment counselling and job op...

Job opportunities In November, Stats Canada reported an 11.1 per cent unemployment rate in Alberta with the province losing 10,800 jobs. For the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region, it was 9.6 per cent. “As we begin to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, we must ensure that Albertans have the skills and training necessary to support our economy and help bring our province back to prosperity,” adds provincial Minister of Labour and Immigration Jason Copping. “This additional support from the Go...

From: Employment and Social Development Canada As Canada faces the economic impacts of COVID-19, workers are dealing with new challenges. Nova Scotians and all Canadians need access to training and employment supports to develop new skills and find good jobs. As Canada faces the economic impacts of COVID-19, workers are dealing with new challenges. Nova Scotians and all Canadians need access to training and employment supports to develop new skills and find good jobs. Canada’s Minister of Emp...

Ontario has an unemployment rate of 7.3 per cent, above the national average of 6.9 per cent. PHOTO: Benson Kua, via Wikimedia Commons GATINEAU — Workers are facing new challenges as the Canadian economy begins to rebound from the impact of COVID-19. Ontario residents need access to training and support to develop new skills to find good jobs in a post-pandemic economy. On Dec. 10, Canada’s Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Carla Qualtrough, and Monte M...