~ Wednesday, September 2, 1992 - North Shore News Employers play vital role in job creation WHILE THE federal government spends approximately $11 billion ‘on job strategy programs, Cana- dians need to rely more on themselves and their communities to create new job opportunities. By Surj Rattan News Reporter That was the message Capilano-Howe Sound MP Mz: Collins recently delivered to peo ple attending an open house at the YMCA North Shore Employment Centre in North Vancouver. ‘*That’s a lot of money. 1 think we have to learn to do things ourselves. We have to make sure we have an integrated approach and we need the involvement of the cemmunities,”’ said Collins. She added that employers are a vital part of creating new job op- portunities for new and young “anadians and said she is glad to ~2 employers have been ‘‘taking tisks.” *‘We have some real challenges. Our world is changing. So much of cur standard of living is based on world trade and thai means we have to be coripetitive,”’ said Col- ins. She added that more attention needs to be paid to the plight of youth unemployment and that more job opportunities need to be created for Canadian youth. “Yt think we need to do a lot more. It's really the students’ stories and voices that are perhaps the most important,”’ said Collins. Sally Hamel, director of the YMCA North Shore Employment pre-employment iraining pro- grams. : She added that the program traditionally takes 16 weeks to’ complete but several participants have completed it before that time. “The clients come from a multitude of backgrounds. We teach interview skills and we've included some basic | »mputeriza- tion, ESL (English us a Second Language) courses and _ literacy skills,’ said Hamel. The centre employs a staff of seven and is located at 101-972 Marine Dr.. 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