Brad Duguid and Canada Job Grant

Canada Job Grant: Brad Duguid, Ontario's minister of training, colleges and universities, reminded the federal government on Thursday that time is running out on renewing current Labour Market Agreements LMA set to expire on March 31 and striking a deal on the Canada Job Grant, which the government wants to have in place by April 1. , according to CBC. The federal government currently gives the provinces $500 million a year in funding under the existing LMA, but Ottawa wants to take $300 million of that and put it toward creation of the Canada Job Grant. Ontario is worried that Employment Minister Jason Kenney has yet to respond to the provinces' counter-offer to the proposed Canada Job Grant, but the minister's office says a reply is on its way. "Today, we're only 40 days out from April 1 but as things currently stand, this year's April Fool's Day will be anything but a joke to hundreds of thousands of vulnerable workers across this country," Duguid told reporters during a news conference in Toronto. Canada Job Grant April 1 target start unrealistic, provinces say Canada Job Grant counter-offer includes 2-year review (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.