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Ottawa investing $60 million for skills training

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 25 Aug, 2022 03:18 PM

CHARLOTTETOWN - The federal government is announcing a $60-million investment in 17 organizations across Canada that help people with learning disabilities remain in the workforce.

Federal Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough made the announcement in Charlottetown, where a skills-training company in the city — Workplace Learning PEI — is set to receive about $1.5 million.

Canada is facing labour shortages, and yet the untapped pool of talent in our country is deep. Partners like @workplacepei get this. They’re helping persons with disabilities not only get good jobs, but thrive at work.https://t.co/X4xd0wpk6i pic.twitter.com/POqJtpy1xq
— Carla Qualtrough (@CQualtro) August 25, 2022

Qualtrough says the money will be distributed through the Skills for Success program, which helps people develop abilities such as writing and reading.

The government says that program helps address training needs, particularly for under-represented groups in the labour market, including Indigenous Peoples and racialized Canadians.

Qualtrough says about one in five Canadians has a learning disability.

The government says about 45 per cent of Canadians lack the literacy, numeracy and digital skills to succeed in the knowledge economy.

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