THE CANADIAN JOBS STRATEGY

The Six Program Streams

SKILL INVESTMENT is geared to workers whose jobs are threatened by changing technology and economic conditions. It allows for full-or-part- time training leave for workers and federally subsidized training costs and wages.

SKILL SHORTAGES is designed to alleviate existing and potential critical skill shortages by equipping workers with specialized training. Employers are partially reimbursed for employees' wages and training costs during the training period.

JOB DEVELOPMENT is meant to increase the employability of the long- term unemployed. Employers can receive a combination of wage subsidies and capital and training cost contributions.

JOB ENTRY will help young people and women make the transition from school and home into the labour force. The program will operate through project designed and administered by coordinators.

COMMUNITY FUTURES will offer assistance to workers in communities facing chronic high unemployment, plant closures and layoffs or severe economic decline with emphasis being placed on long-term employment opportunities. Details of the program will be announced in the fall.

INNOVATIONS will provide funds on a cost-shared basis to promote new initiatives and innovative solutions to labour market problems. It will provide flexibility in the strategy to respond to changing needs.