Ontario signs on for Canada Job Grant

TORONTO — Ontario became the first province Thursday to sign a framework agreement with the federal government over the once-contentious Canada Job Grant.

The province will now work with Ottawa to iron out details of how the job training program will work, said Brad Duguid, minister of training, colleges and universities.

“This now opens the door to us working with the federal government to ensure we’re providing the best possible programs we can for out-of-work Ontarians and, ultimately, out-of-work Canadians,” he told The Canadian Press in an interview.

“It’s an example of the provincial and territorial governments standing up for our vulnerable workers and, at the same time, getting to a point where both governments are working together.”

The provinces and territories had refused to sign on to the original proposal that was the centrepiece of the 2013 federal budget, aimed at giving employers more input on job training programs.

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