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Report frùom Q ueen' s Park ~ i1 The lion. (.ieorgt-;%he, Ni 111 (Il(- I)urhain W~est) Ç Minister of Government Services ONTARIO TRAINING INCENTIVE PROGRAM In recognition of the important role which training plays in the employment opportunities available throughout the province, the governiment of Ontario has recently announced the creation of the Training Incentive Program. Training is an investmenit in Ontario's economic future and it is an important investment that pays off - for the trainee, the company, and the Province. The Ontario Training Incentive Program (OTIP) provides cash incentives to employers who hire and train an umemployed or laid-off worker or who retrain a worker who is already employed. The maximum length of the training prograni is four years, and employers will be eligible for $1,000 for each year the worker remains in the program and an additional $1,000 bonus to cover a 1-week familiarization period (new employees only). Participants in the program will be paid for their training, and will also receive $1,000 a year for each year they remain in the program. The Ontario Training Incentive Program will provide enriched incentives in six specified training areas: draftsmen/women, systems analysts and programmers, chemical process operators, in- dustrial electricians, instrument repair- men/women and industrial maintenance mechanics (millwrights) . As part of their training, trainees may als.o attend a college of applied arts and technology for a maximum of 50 days each year (valued at $1,50/year) at no cost to either the trainee or the employer. Employers who hire and train an unemployed or laid-off worker in another occupation will receive a $1,000 bonus if the worker remains in the OTIP program for one year. The Honourable Bette. Stephenson, Minister. of Colleges and Universities, indicates that the OTI? concept marks the first time that a bonus payment idea has been incorporated in a job retraining program. OTIP is expected to create approximately 9,000 new training positions over the next year., Emnployers eligible for OTIP assistance must have been operating since September 19, 1982, and must, guarantee that training wlll fot resuit in the dismissal, Iay-off or reduction in the regular hours or period of work of exlsting employees. The Ontario Training Incentive Program, suppor- ted by the Board of Industrial Leadership and Development (BILD) and administered by the Mlnistry of Colleges and Universities, is another example of the Ontario Government's commitment to placing this Province back on the road to economic recovery. Speaking to You Ity SCOTT FENNELL,. M.11. m (<PC- Osntarjo) The Conference Board of Canada recently released their quarterly forecast in which they state that the Canadian economy will not improve greatly within the next five years. This of course, is the complete opposite of the statements and answers which the Opposition has been getting the House of Commons froni the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance. The Conference Board has advised that unem- ployment will remain very high, economic growth will remain sluggish, real interest rates will remain high, and there will be no reduction in the Gover- rnent deficit. This news shouldn't reaily be a surprise to the public as the Opposition critics have been stating this fact in Parliament and during committees. For example, on September 23, 1983, during debate in the House of Commons,, I asked the following question to the Prime Minister: Mr. Speaker, unemploymnent in this country, and the responslbility for it, sit squarely on the shouider of a government whlch has been in power for the Iast 15 years. When Is the government golng to follow the iead of such countries as Sweden, France, Germany and Japan,, and corne up wlth a total economie, policy so that people wlll have faith in Canada, wiIl find jobs in Canada, and continue to be successful ID this country? Rlght Hon. P.E. Trudeau (Prime Minister): Mr. Speaker, I amn not sure why the Hon. Member inslsts on iooklng at other countries for comparison. As the Minister of State responsible for finance said earlier, jobs are growlng faster in Canada than in any other country the Hon. Member has mentioned. WH ITBY FR*EE PRESS, WEDNESIJAY 0OCTOB ER 12, 1983, PAGE 9 Whitby Marina project .OTTAWA -- The Honourable David Smith; Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism, annou.nced last week on behaif of the Honourable Pierre De Bane, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, that a Small Craft Har- bours projet will be undertaken at the municipal marina at Whitby, Ontario, under the federal gover- nment's Special Recovery Projects Program. The Whitby project, a continuation of an earlier marina development under- taken by the Depar- tment of Fisheries and Oceans under its Marina Policy Assistance Program, involves the intallation of 80 additional steel berths, each of which wil accommodate vessels up to 13 metres inilength. Total cost of the work is estimated at $250,000. Plans cali for the job to be completed in time for the opening of the 1984 boa ting season. In making the an- nouncement, Mr. Smith pointed out that as well as providing improved service to tourists and recreational boaters in the Whitby area, the project would mean substantial economic spin-offs to the surroun- ding community. In ad- dition to the long-term economie advantages, the actual construction and installation 0f the new berths is expected to generate some 125 work-weeks of em- Oomput.ramL orptnI® Lm mlutroducu you. DRAW - OCTOBER 15TH183 See Ad Page 7 PRODODGE r Your Local Chrysler-Dodge Sales and Service Your b 0 oe~J Dealer Parts & Service.- Thursdays I 9 p.m. WHITBY 209 Dundas St. W. 666-3000 -ZIEBART TDY TODAY IT'S NO AN fOPTION, IT'S A NECESSITY ___ *WE DO USED CARS TOO 8 year guarantee on new cars BOARD 0F DIRECTORS The Chamber of Commerce is looking for its 1984 Board of Direc- tors. The Board members will be elected at the annual meeting Nov. 23. 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