Juno News - April 23, 2026


Canada Summer Jobs program discriminates against white Canadians


Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

165.57

Word count

193

Sentence count

10

Harmful content

Toxicity

1

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Hate speech

2

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Summary

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Leslie Church is a Liberal MP from British Columbia, who is trying to solve Canada s youth jobs crisis. But if you're a white Canadian who lives in or around a city that isn't gay, or is not disabled, well, their application will be declined.

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00:00:00.000 that if they are a white canadian who lives in or around a city that isn't gay that is not disabled
00:00:08.080 well their application will be deprioritized here is liberal mp leslie church promoting this program
00:00:16.240 just a couple of days ago on social media look at how happy she is because she really feels like
00:00:21.600 she is solving the youth jobs crisis it may not be summer everywhere in canada but canada summer
00:00:27.680 jobs are now open. We've just added 100,000 new jobs to the Federal Job Bank. So if you're between
00:00:34.660 the ages of 15 and 30, now is your chance to go online and find a great job in your community for
00:00:40.600 this summer. All you need to do is apply at jobbank.gc.ca slash youth and find the one that's
00:00:50.140 right for you. And as you can see with this social media post from Leslie Church, Canadians aren't 0.97
00:00:56.120 letting her get away with it. They're starting to notice. Under the comments, unless of course you
00:01:01.360 are a white Canadian, will you be hiring any Canadians? Overt racism is alive and well in
00:01:07.280 Canada's government. White people need not apply. 1.00