Social Development Jason Kenney: Canada Job Grant

Canada Job Grant: FREDERICTON - The federal minister responsible for the Canada Job Grant says he accepts that the provinces don't have the ability to match Ottawa's funding under the program and is trying to find a solution. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Kenney said he can't go into detail because discussions with the provinces about the program are ongoing, but he is cautiously optimistic an agreement can be reached with his provincial and territorial governments before the plan is scheduled to go into effect April 1. Minister of Employment and Social Development Jason Kenney responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, December 9, 2013. Kenney, the federal minister responsible for the Canada Job Grant, says he accepts that the provinces don't have the ability to match Ottawa's funding under the program and is trying to find a solution.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick "They have made clear that they would not be in a position to match the federal contribution towards that," Jason Kenney, the minister of employment and social development, said Wednesday. "I completely understand that and I have accepted that in our revised offer." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.