Report fror Queen's Park By Geoîy Ashe, M.P.P. STUDENT SUMMER EMPLOYMENT Each year, the Government of Ontario operates numerous programs designed to employ young people during the summer'months. Although Provincial plans are not finalized for the 1979 summer, I know that most students are very anxious to begin their job search. Therefore, I felt it might be useful. to provide an overview of programs available in previous years. I must caution you though, that there is no guarantee at this point in time that all of these will be reinstituted and/or remain unchanged. Each-of the Ministries of the Provincial Government hire . young people to replace regular personnel during the:sumnier months, totalling over 7,000 jobs. Applications should be submitted to the Personnel Department of the Ministry a student would like to work for. Correct addresses may be obtained from my. Constituency Office at 683-6707. The Junior Ranger Program is limited to- 17 year old students, providing them with the opportunity to gain a knowledge of the management of our natural resources. The Ministry of Natural Resources operates this program, and pays students employed at camps run by the Ministry during July and August. Similarly, the Junior Agriculturist Farm Program is designed to provide urban youth with the opportunity to work on a commercial farm, and is limited to urban youths 16 or 17 years old. This program also operates for eight weeks during July and August. Applications should be submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Under the Venture Capital program, the Ministry of Colleges and Universities provides students over 18 years of age with an opportunity to develop and operate their own business through an interest-free loan of up to $1,000 for eighteen weeks during he summer months. The intprest-frep loan must be repaid to the Ministry before the end of the program year, and of course profits are kept by the students. The Ministry of Culture ard Recreation offers about 3,000 jobs to all young people for up to sixteen weeks during the summer under the Experience program. This project is designed to employ youth on a variety of community based projects that develop useful and innovative cultural and recreational services. The projects are funded jointly by the Provincial GovernInent and local organizations, and may be operated in the areas of sports, multi-culturalism, arts, heritage and conservation. Local organizations should be contacted for application to this type of student employment. ' The Ministry of Treasury and Economics is responsible for the Ontario Youth Employment Program (OYEP), which is designed to provide additional new summer job opportunities within the private sector for young people. Last year, the program operated from the first of May to the later part of October, and provided a portion of the hourly wage to business or farmers, who had been in operation for at least one year, for hiring a young person from the age of 15 to 24. Employers should make application to the Ontario Youth Employment Program. Young' people should make application to the employers. The Ministry of Education funds through local school boards, employment for students-in a variety of education projects that provide direct benefit to the community, i.e. "adventure' playgrounds, commuriity resource inventories and assistant tutors. Application should be made to the local school board. To expose students to the day-to-day operations of police forces, the Ministry of the Solicitor General funds, through local forces throughout Ontario, the clerical employment of students for twelve weeks during the summer months. Inquiries should be made direct to the local police force. The Ministry of Community and Social Services shares costs with the local municipal social services departments for the Home Support Services Program. Participants perform FREE PRESS, WEDNFSDAY FEBRUARY 21.._199PAGE 13 domestic and maintenance services in-the private homes of the elderly and handicapped. Contact the municipal social services department to determine if such a program will be operated in your community this summer. The foregoing represents just some of the Ontario Govern- ment's involvement in student summer employment. If you are interested in seeking a position administered directly by the Provinicei, I suggest you take the chance the program will be reactivated, and submit an application form as quickly as possible. Forms for student summer employment with the Ontario Government are available at my Constituency Office, 37 Station Plaza, Ajax, 683-6707. Where the Province provides (unds for other groups to hire students, then application must be made to the organization concerned. Legion public speaking contest is on March 4 Robin Lyon, public rela- tions officer for Royal Cana- ho ha Wl its sm tw( sor an rea act the wil reg dian Legion Branch 112 has announced that the branch Council scraps its smoke detector bylaw after only two readingZ Bowing to pressure frôm new dwelling units 'in meowners who are un- Whitby,:which require ppy with the proposal, smoke detectors to be hitby council has scrapped installed. proposed r amdatory Councillor Bob Attersley ioke detector by-law. was in'favor of the smoke Last May, council gave detectors, but was opposed o readings to a compul' to forcing people to . instail y smoke detector by-law them. Mayor Jim Gartshore d waited for public expressed concern about a action. number 0f older homes being Despite council takingino onverted to rooming houses ion on a third reading of and council referred the pro- by-law, rooming houses tection 0f residents in these I likely be under the same buildings back to the staff. gulations governing all will be holding its annual Public Speaking Contest on Sunday March 4 at 1 p.m. The contest will be held at the Legion Hall on Byron Street South. The public speaking con- test is open to the children of our community, who will compete in four divisions: Elementary (Grades 4 to 6); Grades 7 and 8; Junior High (Grades 9 and 10); and Senior High (Grades 11, 12 and -13). The local schools have their own contests and send their winners to the Branch competition. 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