Unemployment In Canadian Youth

In the recent weeks, Prime Minister Trudeau and Canadian youth have been head to head in what seems to be a constant battle. In the last week of October, it seemed to only escalate. There have been a flurry of smaller events that have seemed to snowball into a larger scale issue. The first issue seems to have been the lack of work for youth in the country and the growing rate of youth unemployment. In October of 2016 Statistics Canada reported that unemployment in Canadian youth was at 13%. According to Sara Elder, an article author for International Labour Organization (or ILO), claims that “Almost 43 per cent of the global youth labour force is still either unemployed or working yet living in poverty." Currently the United States are at
With signs, more than 200 individuals and students marched in front of the Peace Tower demonstrating their displeasure with the project. By doing such, 99 protesters were arrested and, according to The Globe and Mail, “all of them issued citations by the RCMP for trespassing after climbing over police barricades near the foot of the Peace Tower." Oddly enough, a major concern was that early in 2016 Trudeau announced to be creating a Youth Council to “help make an impact on Canadian policy” with their slogan being “have your voice
"It is a little bit frustrating for me to come in, sit down and look forward to hearing from you, talking with you, and seeing a room full of people who are standing in a way that shows they're not listening to me, that you don't want to engage," CBC claims as students began to turn their backs to him. "And I think it reflects poorly on everyone who does want to listen and engage." Later on he said that “It doesn't mean we're always going to agree on everything, but it does mean that we should keep talking." The reaction to such defense was rather mixed. Some in the room applauded at his defense for his actions and in response to theirs, while others only grew more agitated. CBC reports that some comments thrown at him that day were "Honour your promises!", "We don't have dialogue with liars!" and "Shame! Shame!" They also report that moderators at the event had a hard time attempting to keep the