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MPs will choose which local employers win 100 percent wage rebates for hiring students under the Canada Summer Jobs program, cabinet said yesterday. The Ethics Commissioner has already cautioned against sweetheart subsidies for friends and family.
The $263 million-a-year program had paid fifty percent subsidies to approved employers who hired full-time students for at least sixteen weeks. Changes would see subsidies increased to a hundred percent, include part-time hires, and extend payments to February 28, 2021.
All applications to the Department of Employment are submitted to individual MPs by riding, allowing them to veto any particular candidate.
A total 2,031 applicants were rejected in the past two years.
Source: Local MPs granted veto power over which groups get Canada Summer Jobs Grants – Rebel News
