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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-03-14, Page 14Rutabagas 2189i Page 14 • Times -Advocate, March 14, 1984 By Jack Rlddoll MPP • In today's Ontario about half a million people are unemployed - many of them energetic young people - yet the Ontario Manpower Com- mission forecasts that we will lack some 48,000 highly skill- ed workers and 28,000 moderately skilled over the next few years. Liberal Ii.eader David Peterson has made public proposals and policy in- itiatives designed to address immediate unemployment and training problems and to marshal our resources to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing technological society. We can, and must, act now to make specific im- ptovements to our existing system. These can be achiev- ed quickly, easily and cheap- ly. By outlining our party's concerns for the longer term, we hope to stimulate public discussion on the re- quirements which will most improve our skills training efforts. We have made the following five specific proposals for im- mediate action: require all ministries of the Ontario government to lead by exam- 09aci flo#teiis Skills training proposal ple in the provision of on-the- job training and skills upgrading; implement_ a custom skills training pro- gram, providing subsidy sup- port to the private sector, to train people rapidly and flex- ibly to meet the specific needs of firms or industries; as a priority, incorporate skills training into the mandate of the Ontario technology cen- tres; create a marketing branch within the Ontario Manpower Commission tq disseminate information and forecasts on the labour force to employers, unions, schools and others; establish a province -wide apprentice hotline to assist laid -off ap- prentices in search of re- employment. A background document outlines the depth of the pro- blems and challenges and our medium and long-term pro- posals. We will face a major crisis, deeply affecting our economic well-being, if leadership is not now shown by government, business and labour. We must better co-ordinate our efforts in providing jobs and training and we suggest that one Minister be assigned the responsibility of co- ordinating the effort of pro- viding skills for today and tomorrow. The problem we face is one of structural unemployment - a persistant idleness within our work force caused by changing economic and technological conditions - which will not go away left Filter Queen "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" 482-7103 unattended. We must attack this unemployment problem on two fronts: with short-term solutions and long term planning. Last October, we presentee a program to employ thousands of young people for up to one year at the minimum wage, specifically targetted at long-term unemployed youth whoare most likely to have the least marketable skills. Our youth program was intended to pro- vide a meaningful working experience and an opportuni- ty to upgrade educational background. We hope it will form a model for the Ontario government's promised job creation scheme promised in the Throne Speech later this month. Our program was intended to help those who would pro- bably be the last to benefit from any upturn in the economy. Our current pro- posals and subsequent phases of our Ontario Liberal skills training program are intend- ed to revamp our entire ap- proach to the skills training and the ultimate employabili- ty of all our workforce. Almost 200,000 young On- tarians are without work or the prospect of work. Almost 50 percent of our young peo- ple enter the work force lack- ing advanced education or skills training; at least 25 per- cent of them are immediate- ly condemned to the ranks of 'the unemployed. Thousands more in their middle years are in unemployment lines or fear for their future because of increasing job ob- solescence. There is reason to believe the problems will worsen in the near future. Inadequate at the best of times, apprenticeship com- pletions and employer- sponsored training have declined markedly, which will exacerbate the existing shor- tage of skilled labour and limit economic growth when recovery does take hold. The supply problem must be over- come before the existing skill- ed labour force retires, and we understand that 75 percent are within 15 years of retirement. Other Western economies are making significant strides in the provision of jobs for the future, challenging us with vigorous compeition and en- trepreneurial initiative. We can either accept our current condition, or get on with the job of solving our structural unemployment dilemma. For the longer term, we must accomplish major reforms in the areas of ap- prenticeship, on-the-job train- ing and curriculum reform in our secondary schools. Ap- prenticeship levels are far below needs; the vast majori- ty of Ontario firms do no in- house training, and almost 40 percent of high school en- trants drop out before graduation. We have no reason to be complacent. Student Venture Capital Program The Honourable Gordon H. Dean, Provincial Secretary for Social Development an- nounced this week that sum- mer students who wish to operate their own business can get help with an interest- free loan of up to $2,000 under the Student Venture Capital Program. This program is open to students 15 and over who are returning to school in the fall. Students wishing to apply can obtain application forms from secondary schools, college and university placement centres, Royal Bank Bran- ches and the Ontario Youth Secretariat, 700 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto M5G 1Z6. The Student Venture Capital Program is sponsored by the Secretariat for Social Development and ad- ministered by the Ontario Youth Secretariat in co- operation with the Royal Bank of Canada and the On- tario Chamber of Commerce. YES, THEY CAN -CAN -- These young dancers were a feature attraction in the operetta Going West performed recently of St. Bonifoce School, Zurich. Bowling scores from Zurich lanes Monday Huron Hope 1(G E. Klungel T. Wegg HB A. Volk J. Falie 115 100 126 104 Monday Night Ladies League 1f. Faber H. Vanderhoek S. Desjardine V. Clark B. Reschke D. Clark J. Masse C. Gelinas C. Luther S. Dickert D. Smith P. Miller AO TC PH HG D1( JS PP G UD RD P S 626 644 547 639 459 624 618 492 528 754 609 584 Crediton East By MRS. STAN PRESZCATOR Sympathy of our communi- ty is extended to the families of the late Mrs. Lavina Fink- beiner and Mrs. Bella Dinney. 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