It's great we're helping unemployed residents of the province to prepare and enter the workforce successfully, but why not offer the same opportunities to ALL Saskatchewan people who are struggling to make ends meet?
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced Aboriginal people in the province will now be better equipped to find fulfilling long-term employment, thanks to funding from the Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan.
Through the Skills and Partnership Fund, the Harper government will help 800 Aboriginal people to find jobs by investing more than $7.9 million.
The Government of Saskatchewan will also invest $1.5 million in the project through the Ministry of the Economy.
"Engaging our province's Aboriginal people in the economy is of great importance and is one of the highlights of our government's recently released growth plan," says Rob Norris on behalf of Saskatchewan Economy Minister Bill Boyd. "Strategic investments in initiatives like Northern Career Quest facilitate employment and will prove to be highly beneficial in helping to build Saskatchewan's Aboriginal workforce and in addressing our provincial labour force needs."
The Skills and Partnership Fund is part of the federal government's approach to help First Nations, Métis and Inuit get training and work experience to secure sustainable, meaningful employment.
This IS good news for the province. The more productive and gainfully employed residents we have, the better. But there are unemployed and struggling individuals right across the board, why limit opportunities to a select few? The province will prosper best when we all prosper.
