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Ontario Parks Student Recruitment

Ministers David Piccini and Jill Dunlop invite you to promote the Ontario Parks student recruitment campaign. Ontario Parks is the largest employer of students in the province with over 1,800 students from Ontario’s Summer Employment Opportunities Program. This summer, there are between 1500-2000 open student positions at Ontario Parks across the province. Applications are now being accepted and applicants are encouraged to submit their resumes.

For the first time ever, we are advertising in six different languages across Ontario. Thank you to the many caucus members who have volunteered to film a short video promoting this great youth opportunity.

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Grad Tech Ed Requirement

Today, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, was joined by Mathew Rae, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Education and Charmaine Williams, Associate Minister of Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity, to announce our government’s implementation of a new, mandatory, technological education credit requirement for graduation to help better prepare students across our province for the jobs of tomorrow.

Beginning in 2024, this new graduation requirement is another step forward ensuring students learn the critical skills necessary to succeed.

This builds on Premier Ford and Minister Lecce’s recent announcement to create a direct path from grade 11 into apprenticeship – creating an accelerated pathway to a good paying job.

Our government is working to ensure Ontario students graduate with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed. This will also help to ensure that Ontario remains a leader in innovation and technology for years to come.

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International Women’s Day 2023

Today is #InternationalWomensDay! When women succeed, Ontario succeeds. That’s why our government continues to invest in programs and supports that empower women thrive everywhere –

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Ontario Helping More Students Enter the Skilled Trades Faster

Today, our government announced we are preparing young people for in-demand and well-paying careers by allowing grade 11 students to transition to a full-time, skilled trades apprenticeship program. Upon receiving their Certificate of Apprenticeship, these young workers can apply for their Ontario Secondary School Diploma as mature students. At a time when the province continues to face historic labour shortages, this change means that more students will be able to enter the trades faster than ever before to help build Ontario.

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Social Work Week 2023

Ontario’s 22,000+ #SocialWorkers are the largest providers of #MentalHealth supports in the province – and they are essential to #MobilizingMentalHealth access for all Ontarians. #SocialWorkIsEssential

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Terms of Reference for the Northern Road Link EA and Building a Made-in-Ontario Supply Chain for Innovative Technologies

This morning in Toronto, George Pirie, Minister of Mines, David Piccini, Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks and Greg Rickford, Minister of Northern Development and Minister of Indigenous Affairs announced that our government has approved the Terms of Reference for the Northern Road Link. The Northern Road Link will connect First Nations communities to the Ontario highway network and the critical minerals deposits in the Ring of Fire that will help secure a supply chain for electric vehicle manufacturing in Ontario.

Minister Pirie also announced recipients of the $5 million Critical Minerals Innovation Fund that is supporting Ontario-based companies that are leading the development of new mining technologies focused on building the critical minerals supply chain.

Together, these announcements are advancing access to the critical minerals in the Ring of Fire and supporting our goal to build a made-in-Ontario supply chain from mining critical minerals in the north to manufacturing electric vehicles in the south.

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AWIC Seniors Club

It was a pleasure to visit the AWIC Seniors Club! I had some great discussions with the members, and I was thrilled to see the

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Ontario Expanding Cancer Coverage for Firefighters

Today, Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, was joined by Michael Kerzner, Solicitor General, and Greg Horton, President of the Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association, to announce our government is expanding cancer coverage for firefighters.

These changes will make it faster and easier for these heroes and their families to access the compensation and supports they deserve for thyroid and pancreatic cancers from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB).

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Building a Stronger Mining Sector in Ontario

Today, our government is introducing the Building More Mines Act, 2023, which if passed, would attract more investment and secure the critical minerals that support the made-in-Ontario supply chain for new technologies like batteries and electric vehicles.

The proposed legislation would cut red tape that is creating project delays and cost overruns. These changes would improve our competitiveness and pave the way for Ontario to become Canada’s number one jurisdiction for mineral investment and development.

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Ontario Parks Student Recruitment

Ministers David Piccini and Jill Dunlop invite you to promote the Ontario Parks student recruitment campaign. Ontario Parks is the largest employer of students in the province with over 1,800 students from Ontario’s Summer Employment Opportunities Program. This summer, there are between 1500-2000 open student positions at Ontario Parks across the province. Applications are now being accepted and applicants are encouraged to submit their resumes.

For the first time ever, we are advertising in six different languages across Ontario. Thank you to the many caucus members who have volunteered to film a short video promoting this great youth opportunity.

Grad Tech Ed Requirement

Today, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, was joined by Mathew Rae, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Education and Charmaine Williams, Associate Minister of Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity, to announce our government’s implementation of a new, mandatory, technological education credit requirement for graduation to help better prepare students across our province for the jobs of tomorrow.

Beginning in 2024, this new graduation requirement is another step forward ensuring students learn the critical skills necessary to succeed.

This builds on Premier Ford and Minister Lecce’s recent announcement to create a direct path from grade 11 into apprenticeship – creating an accelerated pathway to a good paying job.

Our government is working to ensure Ontario students graduate with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed. This will also help to ensure that Ontario remains a leader in innovation and technology for years to come.

International Women’s Day 2023

Today is #InternationalWomensDay! When women succeed, Ontario succeeds. That’s why our government continues to invest in programs and supports that empower women thrive everywhere –