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Finance committee I wanted to comment.
March 6th, 2014Committee meeting
Marsha Josephs
Finance committee Young entrepreneurs create jobs. We need to encourage more young entrepreneurs to see entrepreneurship as a viable career option. Entrepreneurship needs to be encouraged, celebrated, and supported. Thank you.
March 6th, 2014Committee meeting
Marsha Josephs
Finance committee One thing that we have heard across Canada in our round table consultations is that there might be a lot of programs out there that are very good programs, but many young people do not know about them. They have no idea that they exist. In one round table that we had here in Otta
March 6th, 2014Committee meeting
Marsha Josephs
Finance committee We have seen it has been a challenge. However, that trend is beginning to change. That is why we have changed our requirements that now those who are in their final year of study can apply to CYBF for our programs, and that's a very positive sign.
March 6th, 2014Committee meeting
Marsha Josephs
Finance committee This is a challenge for young people. The way we come at it and where we see the issue being most prevalent is around succession planning. We know that many older business owners are nearing retirement and are looking for individuals to take over their businesses. Young people ar
March 6th, 2014Committee meeting
Marsha Josephs
Finance committee Entrepreneurial training and skills development needs to start earlier on. It needs to be integrated in the early years and right on through. Many of our entrepreneurs are telling us that it has been a disservice to them that the concept of entrepreneurship was not introduced to
March 6th, 2014Committee meeting
Marsha Josephs
Finance committee Yes, we are aware of that. In fact, CYBF has introduced an entrepreneurship in the skilled trades initiative that we launched in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. What we're doing there is helping those journeypersons who are in the skilled trades to learn entrepreneurial skills. They l
March 6th, 2014Committee meeting
Marsha Josephs
Finance committee Government support is absolutely important. We know that young entrepreneurs contribute to strengthening our economy. They create jobs for themselves and others. Without the government's support, we would struggle to help more young entrepreneurs to achieve their dreams of openin
March 6th, 2014Committee meeting
Marsha Josephs
Finance committee What we've heard in our round table discussions, loud and clear, is that young people do not know about entrepreneurship until very late in their education. They'd like to see entrepreneurial thinking and opportunity for co-ops included in the K-to-12 curriculum. One thing for u
March 6th, 2014Committee meeting
Marsha Josephs
Finance committee Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the finance committee today to discuss youth employment in Canada. CYBF is a national, non-profit organization established in 1996 to help young Canadian entrepreneurs launch successful businesse
March 6th, 2014Committee meeting
Marsha Josephs