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Canada Job Grant / A deal reached with Quebec
Quebec has joined all other provinces and territories in a tentative agreement with the federal government on the Canada Job Grant, Employment Minister Jason Kenney said today in the House of Commons. Kenney made the announcement in question period. The news follows his announcement last Friday that 12 provinces and territories had negotiated a tentative … Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / Deal reached with all provinces except Quebec Jason Kenney confirms
Employment Minister Jason Kenney has confirmed the federal government has reached a deal in principle will all provinces except Quebec on the Canada Job Grant, as CBC News reported yesterday. “I am pleased to announce that we have arrived at an agreement in principle with 12 provincial governments and territories on their delivery of the … Continue reading
Canada Jobs Grant in PEI – NGO funding will be cut 40 per cent in new deal says Primer
P.E.I. Premier Robert Ghiz says a new agreement reached on the Canada Jobs Grant will mean community organizations that receive funding through existing skills programs will be cut by 40 per cent. The provinces reached an agreement in principle regarding the contentious new national job training program. But Ghiz says the provinces had to agree … Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / Kenney agrees to province’s demands
The federal government has agreed to two key demands from the provinces and territories on its contentious Canada Job Grant that could pave the way for a deal on the national job training program, the Canadian Press has learned. Federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney sent a final counter-proposal to his provincial and territorial counterparts on … Continue reading
Canada / Oil and natural gas industry supports budget training measures
Canada’s oil and natural gas industry supports federal budget measures announced yesterday to foster growth and development of Canada’s future skilled trades workforce, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said today. “Our industry is the largest employer of skilled trades workers in Canada so we strongly support government measures to promote careers in this sector,” … Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / Provinces react to budget measures
New budget measures aimed at delivering the government’s controversial Canada Job Grant program have upset some provinces in the middle of already fragile negotiations with Employment Minister Jason Kenney. “We were offered a take it or leave it Canada Job Grant program,” P.E.I.’s Finance Minister Wes Sheridan said in a written statement Tuesday evening… The Quebec … Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / Let us determine where cuts will be made says the provinces
Provincial labour ministers will send a counter-proposal to the federal govenment this week aimed at supporting a new Canada Job Grant while preserving training programs aimed at vulnerable Canadians. After a Tuesday meeting by phone, labour ministers agreed on the details of a counter-proposal that is expected to be sent to federal Employment Minister Jason … Continue reading
Manitoba / Why the Canada Jobs Grant will not work there
The Canada Jobs Grant will not work for people who face barriers to employment, especially Aboriginal Manitobans. As Shauna Mackinnon wrote in The Canada Jobs Grant: Perpetuating Aboriginal Exclusion, the new federal program will take money away from successful programs that are helping unemployed people get the training they require to move into the labour force. … Continue reading
Training in Canada / 91 per cent of Canadian workers say employers should pay the bill survey finds
When it comes to an up-to-date skill set, who is responsible – the employer or the employee? 91 per cent of Canadian workers hold the employer responsible for ensuring the skills and competences of employees correspond with job requirements Continue reading
Canada’s Premiers Meeting / Pensions and Canada Job Grant top of agenda
Canada’s provincial and territorial premiers will be discussing pensions and the federal job grant program when they meet in Toronto today Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / No agreement reached on friday
Ottawa needs to satisfy the provinces’ concerns if it wants to launch the program, said Ontario minister Brad Duguid. “The fact of the matter is, the provinces and territories are very united on this,” said Duguid. “We will not fund or support any program that funds a new federal program on the backs of our … Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / It is misleading say unions calling for new monies for it
Labour organizations, including the Ontario Federation of Labour, Unifor, and CUPE-Ontario are calling on the federal government to find new monies for the Canada Jobs Grant, instead of absorbing funds earmarked for crucial training and employment services. The labour organizations are raising their concerns in advance of a November 8 meeting of Federal Minister of … Continue reading
Canada / The government is committed to fixing the skills mismatch with the Canada Job Grant says Kenney
In a keynote speech today at the Association of Canadian Community Colleges, the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister for Multiculturalism, emphasized the importance of the skilled trades and the vital role of Canada’s colleges in preparing the skilled workforce of the future. “Our government’s top priorities are creating jobs, … Continue reading
(Update) Canada Job Grant / Ottawa willing to compromise and offering to ease the rules
Minister Jason Kenney said Ottawa is prepared to remove a barrier that forces training dollars to be divided into two categories: money for people on Employment Insurance, and a smaller amount for people who are not Continue reading
BC / A hard line on Canada Job Grant
B.C. Jobs Minister Shirley Bond described Kenney’s go-it-alone warning as “incredibly unfortunate”. Continue reading
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