Program to train aboriginal railway conductors
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Prospective aboriginal railway conductors will have their tuition and living expenses covered by the federal government at training programs in Winnipeg, Thunder Bay and Vancouver.
The program was announced Sunday by the Assembly of First Nations and the Railway Association of Canada.
The funding is part of the federal government’s two-year, $75-million Aboriginal Skills and Training Strategic Investment Fund under Canada’s Economic Action Plan. Seven project participants will be recruited as signals and communications maintainers and up to 30 participants will be recruited for track workforce positions.
First Nations are the fastest growing segment of Canada’s population. National Chief Shawn Atleo said the project is one step towards employing aboriginal people in the railroad companies that cross traditional lands.
The project will run through March 31, 2011.
Canada’s railways are facing a large number of retirements in the coming years, said Cliff Mackay, president of the Railway Association of Canada.