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Substantial Changes: Federal Government

federal government: Asked Thursday about provincial leaders strong opposition to the new job training fund and a declaration that they will not participate in the program without substantial changes, Kenney said the federal government is open to discussing their concerns in good faith, according to CTV. We hope we can work out a flexible arrangement with the provinces, Kenney told Power Play Thursday. But if not, we re going to go ahead ourselves and administer directly a federal jobs grant and The federal government will go ahead ourselves with a plan to divert some job-training cash to its proposed Canada Jobs Grant even if the provinces and territories dont sign on, Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney told s Power Play. However, if the two sides cant work out a deal, the federal government will administer the program anyway. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.