Canada Summer Jobs Program – Tasha Kheiriddin

When did honest debate become a four-letter word?

February 9, 2018February 9, 2018Tasha KheiriddinLeave a comment

Does the promotion of anti-abortion views violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms? The issue recently arose in the context of the Canada Summer Jobs Program, a federal program which funds businesses and organizations seeking to hire students over the summer break. In past years, some MPs, including Liberal Iqra Khalid and Conservative Rachael Harder,...

Forget ideological purity tests — and scrap the Canada Summer Jobs Program

January 24, 2018January 24, 2018Tasha KheiriddinLeave a comment

Ah, the summer job. Lifeguarding, camp counseling, ice cream scooping, lawn mowing — none of it funded by the taxpayer. That was before the era of interventionist government, of course, and before the creation of federal summer job programs. Such programs have been around for decades in various incarnations, from the COSEP (Career Oriented...