OTTAWA — Indigenous leaders are asking the federal government to overhaul an employment program to help a young and growing population train for a first job and move up the corporate ladder. The key messages from consultations on a new Aboriginal skills training strategy provided to Labour Minister Patty Hajdu earlier this year focus on creating separate strategies for First Nations, Metis and Inuit, rather than a pan-Indigenous approach. He, too, hopes for more money to support essential skills training. The figures are not a full picture of Indigenous Peoples in Canada as many reserves didn’t have any income statistics. She pointed to Australian companies that create Indigenous partnerships as part of reconciliation plans that could be replicated in Canada.

Source: National Post October 11, 2017 20:31 UTC