November 18, 2009
More Jobs for Qualicum Beach Residents

QUALICUM BEACH – Displaced workers in Qualicum Beach are benefiting from $262,386 through the Job Opportunities Program to improve community safety by falling, sprucing and pruning trees.

“Every job we can create for local displaced resource workers will help support families and allow them to stay closer together,” says Parksville-Qualicum MLA Ron Cantelon. “These projects and workers are invaluable to our community by enhancing public safety for all residents.” 

Five displaced resource workers are being employed through this project. Qualicum Beach is improving community safety by falling, spacing and pruning trees along 54 km of road, including Laburnum Road, Rupert Road, Memorial Avenue Interchange to Rupert Road, Hwy 19A, Qualicum Road, Village Way and Hemsworth Road. Danger trees that approach the surface of the airport runway are also being removed.

First announced in May 2008, the Job Opportunities Program is one component of the federally-funded, $129-million Community Development Trust. In July 2009, the provincial government committed an additional $30 million towards the program, which the federal government is matching on a project-by-project basis through the Community Adjustment Fund.

The Province’s contribution to the Job Opportunities Program is part of its commitment to provide stability for workers and communities, maintain the workforce during the economic downturn and help British Columbians gain new skills to be successful in the future.

For more information about the Job Opportunities Program, go to www.cd.gov.bc.ca/cdt/.

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