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Social Development Minister: Jason Kenney

Jason Kenney: Officials from emissary provinces New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia will sit down Tuesday with Kenney, the federal employment and social development minister, according to The Star. They ve agreed to measures that would give them more leeway in how they fund the program, and also make it less financially onerous for small businesses to take part in the program and The provinces are poised to make Jason Kenney a counter-offer on the Canada Job Grant that they hope will result in a deal on the proposed national job training program. The meeting in Toronto comes after all the provinces and territories reached an agreement on a counterproposal last week . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.