OTTAWA — Three years after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised a national youth policy, the federal government is still trying to determine what it should include. Trudeau appointed himself the minister for youth in his cabinet in 2015 and in the following year’s budget promised a national youth policy to make sure young people’s needs and concerns are reflected in what his government does. In 2017, the government set up a committee of deputy ministers on youth issues, urging the top bureaucrats to bring young public servants to the meetings. The committee’s job is to “ensure a whole-of-government approach to youth initiatives,” he wrote and promote a youth perspective in government. He didn’t say how far along the national youth policy is.

Source: National Post February 11, 2019 22:18 UTC