Ottawa offers summer student job funding

Businesses can now apply for funding from the federal government to hire summer students.Deadline to apply for Canada Summer Jobs is Jan. 25, a release says.Changes for 2019 include expanded eligibility for all youth between 15 and 20 who are entitled to work in Canada, not just students, updated eligibility criteria and posting of all jobs online at jobbank.gc.caContentious wording in Ottawa’s summer jobs program that tied pro-abortion beliefs to funding eligibility is being dropped after