Employers in three provinces can now apply for skills training funds under the Canada Job Grant, 
nearly 18 months after the Conservatives introduced it with much fanfare in the 2013 budget.
The government of Manitoba was the first to accept applications last month, with P.E.I. and Newfoundland and Labrador following suit on Tuesday.
July 1 deadline missed for Canada Job Grant
Under an extension worked out in the spring, provinces and territories had until July 1 to deliver the grant, a centrepiece proposal of the government’s efforts to match Canadians’ skills with open jobs.
A government official, who was not authorized to speak on the record, told CBC News that at this stage Ottawa expects different provinces will implement the grant on different dates, but that both levels of government are working to deliver the grant “as soon as possible.”
Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Canada Job Grant applications open in Manitoba, P.E.I, N.L. – Politics – CBC News.
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