Tax hikes hobble young people’s job prospects

Small businesses, the biggest employer of young workers, will have to cut jobs to cover taxes.

Multinational companies have been selling assets in Alberta's oil patch. One of the largest industries in the province to employ young workers has been hobbled by government policies, says Rachael Harder.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY RACHAEL HARDER

January 18, 2017

Canada’s youth are facing an employment crisis. In December there were 40,000 fewer youth jobs than the year before. That’s a three per cent decrease! Most worrisome is that youth have been relegated by the finance minister to a career of insecure part-time and contract work, unable to make a pr...

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