Feds committed to helping youth ‘realize their full potential’: PS Schiefke

'A lot of what we’re trying to do is to say, look, where are the good-paying jobs available?'

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has positioned himself as a champion for youth in Canada. His parliamentary secretary, Peter Schiefke, says the government has put its money where its mouth is so far.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

January 18, 2017

From the moment he was sworn into office, it was clear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wanted to display to young Canadians that his government would be preoccupied with issues that matter to them. After all, he appointed himself youth minister. Through a strictly political lens, it's an obvious c...

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