Canada Summer Jobs program will no longer fund anti-abortion, anti-gay groups

Canada Summer Jobs program will no longer fund anti-abortion, anti-gay groups

December 15, 2017
By Amanda Connolly National Online Journalist Global News

The government is changing the rules around which employers can qualify for funding to hire students through the Canada Summer Jobs program to try and ensure that groups advocating against abortion rights or the equality of LGBTQ2 Canadians will not be able to get funding.

At the same time, the changes will seek to boost support for groups offering services and supports to the LGBTQ2 community as well as those offering opportunities to women in engineering and mathematics, Indigenous Canadians, immigrants and minority official language communities.

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