Students, groups rally for summer jobs

[RedHot25]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...s.html?ref=rss

Ok, this is a Nova Scotia based article but I saw a story on the news a day or 2 ago that this has happened to places throughout the country. Interesting none-the-less.

The protesters circulated petitions urging federal Human Resources Minister Monte Solberg to reverse the program changes.
Because of those changes, which are aimed at helping disadvantaged groups and rural areas with high unemployment, many groups have discovered they no longer qualify for funding.

For example, the Cape Breton Regional Municipality got money last year for more than 90 positions, but none this year.


Other groups across the province denied funding include the Spryfield Boys and Girls Club, the Autism Society of Nova Scotia, and the Hector Heritage Quay.


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Veterans Affairs Minister Greg Thompson, a New Brunswick MP, said Friday the complicated program application criteria are being changed, and the non-profits denied funding would get their money soon.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by RedHot25

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...s.html?ref=rss

Ok, this is a Nova Scotia based article but I saw a story on the news a day or 2 ago that this has happened to places throughout the country. Interesting none-the-less.

The protesters circulated petitions urging federal Human Resources Minister Monte Solberg to reverse the program changes.
Because of those changes, which are aimed at helping disadvantaged groups and rural areas with high unemployment, many groups have discovered they no longer qualify for funding.

For example, the Cape Breton Regional Municipality got money last year for more than 90 positions, but none this year.


Other groups across the province denied funding include the Spryfield Boys and Girls Club, the Autism Society of Nova Scotia, and the Hector Heritage Quay.


...


Veterans Affairs Minister Greg Thompson, a New Brunswick MP, said Friday the complicated program application criteria are being changed, and the non-profits denied funding would get their money soon.

My mom is in the non-profit sector. They hire students based on federal grants and this year they had to wait two weeks to get their funding.

Apparently, it was just a huge bureaucratic boondoggle. Someone just forgot to send the grant money out on time this year or something.

[shane_c]

Originally Posted by RedHot25

Other groups across the province denied funding include the Spryfield Boys and Girls Club, the Autism Society of Nova Scotia, and the Hector Heritage Quay.

My first job was a summer grant with the Autism Society of NS. It was a great program and the residents really enjoyed being taken to different places like the beach, walks in the park, for picnics, etc.