The provincial government is making it easier for people to find employment in Chatham-Kent and its neighbouring communities.
Labour Minister and Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Monte McNaughton was in Windsor on Thursday to announce that Ontario will be expanding the province’s new employment services to five more regions, including Windsor-Sarnia and London.
“By expanding and improving our employment services with a renewed focus on helping people lead purpose-driven lives, we are lifting people up, including those on social assistance, so that they can be leaders in their community and help build a stronger Ontario for all of us,” said McNaughton in a news release.
Employment Ontario’s services provide needed assistance to those who are unemployed and need support during their job search, offering everything from training opportunities to childcare.
“Along with our consortium partner Workforce WindsorEssex, the City of Windsor is thrilled to be chosen as the Service System Manager for the Windsor-Sarnia catchment area, including Sarnia-Lambton and Chatham-Kent,” Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens said. “We are confident that we will be able to deliver an amazing experience as we consolidate and expand the delivery of employment services all while enhancing outcomes for residents in our service area.”
The other regions included in Thursday’s announcement were Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie, Durham, and Ottawa.
The new employment services are already in place in Peel, Hamilton–Niagara, Muskoka–Kawartha, Halton, York, Stratford–Bruce Peninsula and Kingston–Pembroke. By the end of 2023, the province expects to expand its employment services to Toronto and Northern Ontario.
According to the province, there were 364,045 unfilled jobs in Ontario as of the third quarter of 2022. In the Windsor-Sarnia area, there were 13,060 vacant jobs.
