While the Windsor region contends with the highest youth unemployment rate in the country, a representative of Ontario’s government travelled to the city to re-announce funding for entrepreneurship programs that have already been running for several years.
“We’re encouraging young people to say, hey, rather than me trying to find a job with someone else, if I’ve got a good idea and I want to be my own boss and employ myself, and eventually employ other people, I can do that,” said Daiene Vernile, parliamentary assistant for the Ministry of Research and Innovation.
Image: MPP Daiene Vernile speaks during a media conference on Friday, November 13, 2015, at the University of Windsor EPICentre regarding the province’s $27-million investment in young innovators. DAN JANISSE / WINDSOR STAR
