("Proposal picked out of thin Air") """...Ottawa is already under fire for spending hundreds of thousands of dollars advertising the program, which doesn’t yet exist. The Mowat and Caledon study applauded the goal of helping Canadians acquire skills, but said the Canada Job Grant is “not well designed.” The authors – Michael Mendelson of the Caledon Institute and Noah Zon of the Mowat Centre – said much of the money will have no impact on the amount of training done in Canada. For example, they said Ottawa has provided no evidence that Canadian companies will put up their $300-million share of the scheme, beyond those that already offer extensive training. That will make it tough for Ottawa to meet its promise of training 130,000 workers a year, according to the report. The authors point out that badly needed skilled workers and professionals can’t be trained with a “short duration” job grant. And they warn that the provinces will be saddled with the costly job of overseeing the program to make sure there is no abuse. “The Canada Job Grant has all the signs of a proposal picked out of thin air,” the report concluded. “There is no pilot program, no study and no documentation . . . to support the expenditure of $600-million annually of public money.” The Mowat Centre’s Mr. Mendelsohn said Ottawa would typically consult experts, find allies and inform stakeholders. But the government has done none of that, he complained. ..."""
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:57:15 +0000
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