South Shore—St. Margarets's candidates' promises on Post-Secondary Education & Jobs Training

Post-Secondary Education & Jobs Training platforms

Here's what the candidates in South Shore—St. Margarets, and their parties, are promising.

We don't have any Green policies on First jobs for young people.

Provide funding and expand mandates, where appropriate, for the Student Work Placement Program, the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy, Canada Summer Jobs, and the Canadian Service Corps

"Provide funding and expand the mandates, where appropriate, for the Student Work Placement Program, the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS), Canada Summer Jobs, and the Canadian Service Corps. We will work to better align the mandates with critical and emerging sectors such as green technology, artificial intelligence, and advanced manufacturing. This will increase opportunities within the not-for-profit organizations, the public sector, and private sector organizations." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

We don't have any Conservative policies on First jobs for young people.

We don't have any Green policies on Post-secondary costs and loans.

Keep interest off of Canada Student Loans and Canada Apprentice Loans

"Continue to uphold the removal of interest on Canada Student Loans and Canada Apprentice Loans." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

We don't have any Conservative policies on Post-secondary costs and loans.

We don't have any Green policies on Trades.

Provide an Apprenticeship Grant up to $8,000 for registered apprentices
Double funding for the Union Trading and Innovation Program, increasing it to $50M/year
Create a new $20M capital funding stream for colleges to support new training spaces for apprenticeships
Expand the Labour Mobility Tax Deduction so trades workers can write off more travel expenses, and increase the per-year deduction limit

"Expand the Labour Mobility Tax Deduction to ensure workers who travel more than 120 km from their home to a job site can deduct more of their expenses, and commit to significantly increasing the per-year tax deduction limit." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Provide up to $10,000 to eligible employers for each new apprentice hired in Red Seal trades

"Uphold the Apprenticeship Service program to support employers in hiring new apprentices in Red Seal trades, with up to $10,000 for eligible employers for each new apprentice hired;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

Allow trades workers to write off the full cost of food, transport, and accommodation needed to go from one job to another

"Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced today that a new Conservative government will allow travelling trades workers to write off the full cost of food, transport and accommodation needed to go from one job to another while ending write-offs for luxury corporate jets that are not needed to do business." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Back 350,000 positions for trade schools and union halls to train red-seal apprentices to build homes
Require banks to recognise apprenticeships as eligible Registered Education Savings Plans programmes

"Today, Conservatives announced that they would deliver fairness for the skilled trades by requiring banks to recognize apprenticeships for Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs). Financial institutions that offer RESPs will be required to recognize all skilled trades and apprenticeship programs as eligible RESP programs, ensuring that all related expenses qualify for Education Assistance Payments." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

We don't have any Green policies on Upskilling.

Provide an up-to-$15K upskilling & training benefit for workers in priority sectors like manufacturing, healthcare, construction, AI, & tech
"A Mark Carney led government will provide a new upskilling and training benefit for workers in the middle of their careers who need to access new skills training for their career stability and success. This new benefit will :
1. provide up to $15,000 for workers in priority sectors, including manufacturing, health care, construction, A.I. and technology. In the face of the economic uncertainty and volatility many Canadian businesses are facing, we will collaborate with employers to support retention and upskilling within their companies; and,
2. ensure that Canadian workers impacted by tariffs have the necessary tools to pursue good paying jobs and advance their careers in priority sectors. We will design these supports in partnership with labour, employers, and industry."
— liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

We don't have any Conservative policies on Upskilling.