CP24 link: Feds invest $2.3 million in summer jobs for at-risk youth in GTA
The federal government is investing $2.3 million in creating hundreds of additional summer jobs for at-risk youth in the Toronto area.
Marco Mendicino, who is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, made the announcement at Lawrence Heights Community Centre on Tuesday morning.
He said that the funding is going towards creating an additional 560 summer jobs for at-risk youth in the GTA under the federal Canada Summer Jobs Program. The investment brings the total number of jobs created under the program in the GTA to more than 7,000.