NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · edit-23 months agoIs 13 too young to work? A Saskatchewan proposal has reignited debate around kids and labourwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down13
arrow-up1127arrow-down1external-linkIs 13 too young to work? A Saskatchewan proposal has reignited debate around kids and labourwww.cbc.caNightOwl@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · edit-23 months agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squareag_roberston_author@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoI agree with your point about teenagers work interfering with their schooling, but that’s not quite correct about the mandatory age. It’s only mandatory to 18 in New Brunswick and 17 in Manitoba. In the rest of Canada the age is 15 to 16. (16 in Saskatchewan. https://web.archive.org/web/20100214200211/http://www.educationau-incanada.ca/index.aspx?action=educationsystem-systemeeducation&lang=eng
I agree with your point about teenagers work interfering with their schooling, but that’s not quite correct about the mandatory age.
It’s only mandatory to 18 in New Brunswick and 17 in Manitoba.
In the rest of Canada the age is 15 to 16. (16 in Saskatchewan.
https://web.archive.org/web/20100214200211/http://www.educationau-incanada.ca/index.aspx?action=educationsystem-systemeeducation&lang=eng