Mr. Coon: This spring, I was just flabbergasted, frankly, when I discovered that I was responsible for recommending SEED grants for nonprofit organizations needing to hire summer students in my riding. I cannot understand for the life of me why this selection process is not conducted by the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour. Perhaps the Minister of Post-Secondary […]
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The political panel talks about David Coon’s complaints about the way MLAs hand out summer jobs to students, plus the francophone teachers association’s plan to sue the government over funding. This includes a review of David Coon’s first session starting at 6:10. You can listen here.
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Green Party leader says non-partisan civil servants, not MLAs, should decide what groups earn summer job funds. The leader of the Green Party has blown the whistle on a system of awarding provincially-funded summer jobs that he says the Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives have used for years. Green Party Leader David Coon said it’s time for the government to […]
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Mr. Coon: This spring, I was just flabbergasted, frankly, when I discovered that I was responsible for recommending SEED grants for nonprofit organizations needing to hire summer students in my riding. I cannot understand for the life of me why this selection process is not conducted by the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour. Perhaps the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, […]
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