CCCBET position on the new Canada Job Grant
OCTOBER 2013 – CANADA
In line with the positions of the provinces and territories, the Canadian Coalition of Community-Based Employability Training (CCCBET) is concerned about the new Canada Job Grant (CJG) announced in March 2013 by the federal government, which threatens employability programs that assist unemployed and vulnerable Canadians. CCCBET is also concerned with the diversion of Provincial, Territorial, and Federal Labour Market Agreement funds.
CCCBET recognizes the need for labour market programs to continuously improve, respond to changing economic challenges and spend public funds as effectively, efficiently and fairly as possible. The Coalition shares the federal government’s goal of more private sector engagement in the training and development of a skilled workforce. CCCBET wants the federal government to put the expert, practical knowledge and experience of community-based employment and training organizations to use.
To follow the CCCBET in the media:
Canada Job Grant a ‘Boondoggle’, Say Critics (The Tyee, British Columbia)