A current and former government worker are urging the Alberta government to reconsider cutting off hundreds of young adults transitioning out of the child intervention system during a pandemic. "The youth are not ready," she told CBC News Monday. Possible extensionAn internal memo obtained by CBC notified workers of a briefing on Wednesday to implement the change. NDP critic for Children's Services Rakhi Pancholi said cutting support endangers hundreds of vulnerable Albertans at a time when the province's 18.1 per cent youth unemployment rate is the highest in the country. "The hard truth is that most of these young Albertans will not find work and will fall into poverty," Pancholi said.

Source: CBC News July 21, 2021 13:52 UTC