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Canada – The Job Grant applications open in Manitoba, P.E.I, N.L.
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 … Continue reading
Job Market in Canada – Stephen Harper’s theory doesn’t fit the facts
Reality, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper is discovering, can poke holes in the most elegant of theories. In this case, the theory is the Conservative view of how Canada’s economy works, a view that goes something like this: Yes, the country suffered an economic recession but that’s over. Yes, there is still high unemployment — … Continue reading
Canada Job Grant and the Provinces / Only Quebec, Ontario and Saskatchewan have consistently used their entire federal Labour Market Agreement’s funds
According to a government document obtained by Postmedia News, only Quebec and Ontario have consistently used their entire federal contribution under the Labour Market Agreement – about $116 million and $204 million, respectively, in 2011-12, the most recent year for which figures were available. Saskatchewan has too in more recent years. 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
Canada Job Grant / There is no single, magic solution to skills needs across Canada” say the Provinces and Territories
“There is no single, magic solution to skills needs across Canada” writes the Forum of Labour Market Ministers in a position paper on to the Canada Job Grant proposal titled Building Skills Together Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / The National Association of Career Colleges (NACC) is calling on all levels of government to work together
The National Association of Career Colleges (NACC) is calling on all levels of government to work together in order to ensure that the Canada Job Grant is successfully created and implemented Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / Premiers take aim at the program
Job training appears to be one of the most contentious issues on the table as Canada’s premiers meet today in Niagara-on-the-Lake for their semi-annual get-together Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / A bad policy, says N.S. premier
“The Canada Job Grant is an unknown, and what we do know about it does not appear to be consistent with good public policy,” Dexter said Continue reading
The Canada Job Grant / NWT enthusiasm is reserved at this point
NWT enthusiasm for the Canada Job Grant is reserved at this point, because it will be funded by Canada retaining $300 million that is currently provided to provinces and territories under Labour Market Agreements Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / Deeply flawed say Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation and the Caledon Institute for Social Policy
Ottawa’s proposed Canada Job Grant is deeply flawed and should be abandoned, a joint report to be released Monday by two policy think tanks says. Despite the upbeat TV ads Ottawa is running in support of its new $15,000 a person training program, it’s far from clear the program will deliver the promised results or … Continue reading
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