The Citizen, 1992-10-21, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21,1992.
jobsOntario creates 112 jobs in Wroxeter
In Wroxeter on Oct. 16, MPP
Paul Klopp announced that
Hyndman Transport has reached an
agreement with jobsOntario
TrainingFund, the Ontario govern
ment’s three-year, $l.l-billion
employment and training initiative,
to reserve 59 to 80 new positions
that the company is creating over
the next two years for program
participants. Hyndman will access
a training credit of over $350,000.
The transport firm, which is
Canada's largest carrier of cattle
currently employs 121 people.
Also this morning Richard Allen,
the Minister Responsible for jobs
Ontario TrainingFund announced
that a series of companies through
out the province will receive some
$4-million to create approximately
750 jobs.
Funding for these agreements
was extended through the economic
renewal component of jobsOntario
TrainingFund. Under this compo
nent of the program, jobsOntario
TrainingFund directly negotiates
large-scale hirings (25 workers or
more) with private sector firms.
Employers arrange smaller hirings
- and access appropriate training
credits - through local community
brokers.
Other large-scale hirings
announced recently involve, among
other firms, a plastics recycling
facility in Cambridge and a meat
processing plant in eastern Ontario.
JobsOntario TrainingFund pro
vides training credits of up to
$10,000 to private sector employers
for every new job they create under
the program. Half of that credit
may be used to train a firm's
existing workforce.
Persons eligible to be hired under
jobsOntario TrainingFund include
social assistance recipients and
unemployment insurance exhaus-
tees.
Friday's announcements are part
of a series of economic renewal
projects initiated by jobsOntario
TrainingFund in June, when
Guelph-based Linamar Machine
Ltd. announced it would hire 271
new workers through the program.
Over the past two years, federal, provincial, territorial and Aboriginal
leaders have consulted with thousands of Canadians and concerned groups from
coast to coast. These consultations included Royal Commissions, participatory
conferences, parliamentary hearings, and hearings in the provinces and territo
ries held by provincial and territorial legislatures.
Federal, provincial, territorial and Aboriginal
leaders have agreed unanimously on August 28,
1992 in Charlottetown on a package of constitu
tional proposals that recognizes the equality of
all Canadians and represents all of our interests.
The agreement is now before Canadians.
The agreement proposes that the new
Constitution would contain a statement of key economic and social objectives
shared by all of the governments in the federation. The objectives include
comprehensive, universal, portable, accessible and publicly administered health
care, adequate social services and benefits, high quality primary and secondary
education and reasonable access to post-secondary education, collective bar
gaining rights and a commitment to protecting
the environment. The economic policy objec
tives to be entrenched would be aimed at
strengthening the Canadian economic union;
the free movement of persons, goods, services,
and capital; ensuring full employment and a
reasonable standard of living for all Canadians;
ensuring sustainable and equitable development.
Exclusive provincial jurisdiction would be recognized in the areas of
forestry, mining, tourism, housing, recreation, municipal affairs, cultural matters
within the province, and labour market development and training. In addition,
to ensure the two levels of government work in
harmony, the government of Canada commits to
negotiating agreements with the provinces in areas
such as immigration, regional development and
telecommunications. Federal-provincial agree
ments on any subject could be protected by the
Constitution from unilateral change.
The new Canadian Constitution would
recognize the distinct nature of Quebec, based on its French language, unique
culture and civil law tradition.
In the reformed Parliament, the Senate would reflect the equality of the
provinces while the House of Commons would be based more on the principle of
A Social
and
Economic Union
Parliamentary
Reform
representation by population. As well, various
provinces would be assured a minimum amount
of seats in the House of Commons.
The proposed Senate would be made
up of six elected senators from each province
and one from each territory. Addition^ seats
would provide representation for Aboriginal
peoples. The reformed Senate’s powers should
significantly increase the role of the elected Senators in the policy process.
The proposals recognize that Aboriginal peoples have an inherent
right to self-government and that the Constitution should enable them to
develop self-government arrangements and to take their place in the Canadian
federation. The proposals recognize Aboriginal governments as one of the
three constitutionally-recognized orders of government in Canada. In addition,
the proposals provide for a negotiation process between Aboriginal leaders and
provincial and federal governments to put this right into effect. The recognition
Avoiding
Overlap and
Duplication
Distinct
Society
of the inherent right would not create any newv
rights to land, nor dilute existing treaty rights.
Now that Canada’s federal, provincial,
territorial and Aboriginal leaders have reached
a consensus, it is the right of all Canadians to
understand the new proposals. Call the toll-free
number below to receive an easy-to-read
booklet on the new constitutional agreement
Aboriginal
Self-
Government
or a complete text.
It’s your right to know what the constitutional proposals say, before
voting on October 26.
FOR INFORMATION CALL:
1-800-561-1188
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