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Poll: private sector obligation to veterans?

“I was struck by the significant growth in the number of Canadians who believe the private sector bears some responsibility to help veterans find jobs,” said vice-admiral Duncan Miller (Ret’d), National Board Chair, Commissionaires.

Commissionaires is the largest private sector employer of Canadian veterans. Each year, Commissionaires hires more than 1,000 veterans in its 15 divisions across the country to provide a full range of security services to clients in the private and public sectors.

“It’s no secret that former members of the Canadian Forces bring skills, leadership, and expertise to their new employers. We see that in each veteran we hire,” Miller said. “We’d like to see more private sector players, across all industries, benefit from the veteran advantage. It’s a win-win proposition.”

The survey revealed that men (15.3%) are more likely than women (7.8%) to consider the private sector as having the most important obligation to help veterans find jobs after leaving the military. Eighty per cent of respondents rank the federal government as having the highest obligation to ensure veterans find meaningful employment.

Since 1925, Commissionaires have provided meaningful employment in the security services industry for veterans as they make the transition from the Canadian Armed Forces to civilian life.

Nanos Research conducted a hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,000 Canadians of 18 years of age or older between August 22 and 25, 2016 as part of an omnibus survey. The participants were recruited by telephone using live agents and administered a survey online. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,000 Canadians is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.