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Page WEEKEND EXTRA Friday April is 183 Summer youth unemployment expected to be 25 Money employing youth down By JULIAN REED Hal IonBurlington JOBS YOUTH PART In 198041 the Province spent BO on Job crea tion per unemployed youth This year the ratio fell to per youth a per cent decrease In essence available fund ing for youth programs has dropped by almost a during exactly period when young In need of help The situation is not likely to Improve in the summer or with youth unemployment expected to be near per cent it would seem logic al for the government to devote extra resources to combatting the problem Indications are that this will not occur Funding for one of the three major summer programs has already been announced Expe rience 83 will receive million exactly the same amount as In 1982 By the governments own estim ate fewer Jobs will be created this year than last the Experience pro gram has suffered a stunning decline In support during recent From peak support of 5 million and 13610 in 197983 the program lost per cent Its and per cent of its Job creation capa city Yet In the summer of the youth unemploy ment rate was 117 per cent less than half what It will be this year STUDENT AID There Is considerable concern that young people might have to suspend or terminate postsecondary educati on lacking sufficient earnings The maximum Ontario Student Assistance Program grant assistance Increas ed this year from to per term a per cent Increase which meant that students received less money in real terms than in the previous year given the overage inflation rate over of JOB per cent At the same time the minimum contribution from summer earnings was Increased 187 per cent from to per week The total number of students receiving assist ance increased substan tially from last year Based on preliminary figures through to Febru ary 1963 about students will receive pro vincial loans andor grants this year How ever the increase is not as large as it sounds when a 104 per cent increase In college enrolment and a 3 per cent Increase in university enrolment are factored Into the calcula tion The ratio of students receiving assistance then rises only slightly from about per cent in the past two years to 34 per cent this year MANPOWER TRAINING While well over half a million are unable to find work cer tain skilled labour posi tions go unfilled or must be filled by imported labour the Ontario Han- power Commission esti mates that by there may be a shortage of as many as skilled workers in Ontario it is clear that manpower training and apprentice ship programs have not JULIAN REED MPP received the support they deserve Such programs should be Increased to take ad vantage of the opportu nities to retrain idle work- era and unemployed gra duates and training peri ods should be kept rea listic While the govern ment must take the Initia tive the total financing for training programs need not and should not come entirely from the taxpayers Cooperative sharedcost programs with private industry and labour should be the major di pursued COOPERATIVE STUDENTS The Liberal Task Force Report noted widespread agreement on the value of cooperative education programs at both the and post- secondary Programs which alternate academic study with practical wort expe rience provide young people with expanded learning and earning They also employers to train the future work force In the skills which will be In demand when the students graduate TASK FORCE REPORT It Is worth reviewing the recommendations of the earlier Report and summarizing progress made toward their Imple mentation 1 Provide more train ing opportunities for those who are currently unemployed In order to meet skilled manpower demands particularly In the new technologies when the economy Improves NO ACTION Encourage through incentives require through legislation onthejob training by Ontario Industry with a view to meeting our own skilled worker needs NO ACTION 3 Restructure the apprenticeship program to permit easier access hno reduce the current high dropout rate NO ACTION 4 Make a realistic and concerted attempt to change the publics con ception of the value and importance i skilled trades with a view to removing the stigma which is still attached to blue collar work NO ACTION 3 Improve upon the pre sent counsellor to student ratio or and pro vide Inservice opportu nities for counsellors to keep abreast of changes in business and industry NO ACTION Introduce career counselling at the ele mentary school level McDonalds Colouring Contest TAKE A TOUR OF MCDONALDS and see what goes on behind the scenes Great for groups of all ages To reserve your tour call McDonalds at 8770221 Win McDonalds Gilt Certificates And Watches Air Cadets Squadron CHURCH PARADE Sunday April 17 am To Knox Church curriculum and make mandatory such core sub jects as English Mathe matics and Science to ensure that young people are equipped to be flex ible and adaptable In todays changing labour market IMPLEMENT- ED In this connection particularly stress he Importance of female stu dents continuing to study Maths and Sciences en abling them to qualify for the new technologies SOME PROGRESS introduce into the schools a mandatory credit course on career guidance Job readiness and development of mar ketable skills NO ACTION 10 Strongly support and provide effective Ministerial guidelines as well as mandatory stand ards for coop education and work experience pro grams in secondary schools which provide a more realistic bridge from the school to the work environment NO ACTION 11 Encourage greater liaison between business Industry and education LIMITED PROGRESS 11 Improve manpower forecasting by govern ment and business to assist counsellors and stu dents make appropri ate career decisions LIMITED PROGRESS MAINLY BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Expansion at trailer park A Hal ton Hills trailer park has been given permission to grow to more sites following a debate by the general committee Monday night The committees recommendation which will be reviewed by council next Monday night enlarged a planning staff proposal which would have allowed Nor Halton Park to add new sites The committee permitted Nor Barber new sites the camps approximate 340 existing camp spots Mr Barber said Its unlikely hell bo ready to expand this year or next noting that some of his neighbors near his property at the corner of the MiltonHalloo Hills town line and object to the physical growth of his business FttEB FREE Guards FREE Upholstery Guard Fabric and Stain protection FREE Custom WITH EVERY PRESEHVASHINE TtM Ultimate and paint protection OR MIST protection or car with Insured warranty UP AMD BRAMTR0NICS TV STEREO VIDEO PRESENTS OFFER ON TOSHIBA I Microwave Oven and receive a set on receive a stoioo Buy Toshiba mcol advanced teaWe packed ramoto VM3S and Calculator H mm