QUEEN'S PARK, ON, Jan. 20 /CNW/ - The Honourable Joe Volpe, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), and the Honourable Mary Anne Chambers, Ontario's Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, today announced a joint initiative to strengthen higher level and job-specific language training for internationally trained newcomers in the province.
The Ontario government and CIC are jointly investing $3.4 million over two years to support 13 projects under the Enhanced Language Training Initiative. The projects will deliver job-specific language training to more than 1,300 internationally trained individuals to help them make the transition to Ontario's workforce. Of the 13 projects, one each went to Hamilton and Burlington, four to Mississauga; three to Toronto, two to Ottawa and one to Oakville. The news release did not say where the last project was awarded. None of the projects came to the London area.
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