After facing hurdles, Liberals look to meet increased youth green jobs promise
OTTAWA — The federal government will find a way to create 15,000 green jobs over three years, even after falling well short of a smaller goal last year, Canada’s labour minister says.
Labour Minister Patty Hajdu says it took the government “a little bit of time to co-ordinate ourselves,” after promising during the 2015 election campaign to create 5,000 so-called “green jobs.”
But Hajdu said eight federal agencies involved in the push should meet the jobs goal now that they have a better relationship with private employers in the field.
“The more we get to know stakeholders and the better our relationships become, which this government is quite clear that we do — we work in partnership with stakeholders — the more opportunities there are,” Hajdu said in an interview.