Feds need clearer focus on youth as unemployment hits 15-year high, critics say

Prime Minister Mark Carney 'has silenced the voice of youth at the cabinet table by failing to appoint a minister,' says NDP critic Leah Gazan, noting Secretary of State for Children and Youth Anna Gainey should be pushing for more.

Despite Liberal MP Anna Gainey serving in the role of secretary of state for children and youth, the federal government is not making young people enough of a priority, according to the NDP critic.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY GRACE BESTARD

October 20, 2025

With youth unemployment at its highest rate in 15 years, excluding the COVID-19 pandemic years, Canada’s new secretary of state for children and youth, and the government overall, “should be doing more,” says NDP MP Leah Gazan.

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