While I& #39;m pleased to see some movement on relief for students, I& #39;m disappointed that students are being treated as an infantilized class of workers. From my prior experience in applying to the Canada Summer Jobs program as an employer: 1/5 https://twitter.com/PnPCBC/status/1247912385681203200">https://twitter.com/PnPCBC/st...

1) Applications closed months ago. This means that a business who wanted to utilized this now, needed to have already applied.

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2) The Canada Summer Jobs Program normally only provides wage subsidies at the minimum wage rates. What about students who received a fair living wage a higher rate? Compare this to businesses with non-student workers and a 75% wage subsidy (capped around $850/week I think?)

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3) This also ignores that many Canada Summer Jobs Program businesses are in the tourism and recreation sector (ex: summer camps) which have closed and laid off their workers. Will they reopen just to put students on their payroll and tell them to stay home?

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4) You also have to be under the age of 30 to be elligible as a student to be funded under the Canada Summer Jobs Program. This prevents the benefits from helping those who went back to school for a second-career/returned after maternity leave/mature students.

Truly, the only way forward is a shift of the CERB into a Universal Basic Income.

The press release from the PMO providing more-ish detail: https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2020/04/08/changes-canada-summer-jobs-program-help-businesses-and-young">https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/n...