Post-Secondary Education Funding: Social Development Minister Jason Kenney

Social Development Minister Jason Kenney: Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney said the Conservatives want to have an informed national dialogue around skills development including provincial decisions on post-secondary education funding, according to The Star. Kenney noted the federal government has agreed to raise the Canada Social Transfer, a major source of funding for Canadas post-secondary institutions, by three per cent a year and The fight between Ottawa and the provinces over the Canada Job Grant program may just be the opening salvo in a much larger battle. We recognize that education is an exclusive area of provincial jurisdiction, but I think as a major funder of post-secondary education we can certainly ask questions about how those investments are being made and how well linked they are to the labour market, Kenney told in an interview Thursday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.