Guiding Principles
Employment Ontario agencies need to ensure that their services are:

• accessible
• accountable
• client-centred
• flexible
• results-based

Employment Ontario includes all the programs under the Labour Market and Training Division of TCU, including the federal programs transferred to the province early in 2007.

Programs that provide services in the area of training and skills development include

• Literacy and Basic Skills
• Job Connect
• Apprenticeship
• Pre-Apprenticeship
• Ontario Youth Apprenticeship program
• Adjustment Advisory program
• Services for New Canadians

Employment Ontario includes programs related to labour market and community needs such as

• Summer Company program
• Local Training and Adjustment Boards
• Apprenticeship Training Tax Credit

Some of the new programs that were transferred to the province from HRSDC are more closely related to employment benefits, including

• Skills Development
• Targeted Wage Subsidies
• Self-Employment
• Job Creation Partnerships

Finally, there are programs included under the Employment Ontario umbrella strictly through an information and referral role. For example, the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and Ontario Works, provide training and employment supports and benefits, but are funded by other ministries (Community Literacy of Ontario, 2007).