"Time for talk, not action, on federal job grant program"

NOVEMBER 2013 – CANADA

An article by Michael Mendelson and Chris Atchison in The Vancouver Sun

Ottawa announced the new Canada Job Grant program in its March 2013 budget, promising that the “detailed design” would be negotiated with the provinces “over the next year”. More than seven months have passed without a meeting.

But now Jason Kenney, the new Minister of Employment and Social Development, has found a spare day. On Friday, he will meet with his provincial counterparts, presumably to respond to their unanimous rejection of the Canada Job Grant. Is the federal government now prepared to engage in meaningful negotiations and compromise? Or will it barge ahead riding roughshod over the provinces — and the many community organizations delivering front-line employment services, virtually all of which agree with the provinces?

Read the full article in The Vancouver Sun:
Time for talk, not action, on federal job grant program (The Vancouver Sun, British Columbia)