Public services too ‘stretched’ to deliver student-grant program, says employment minister

Small Business Minister Mary Ng says the extent of her interactions with the organization was limited to that initial pitch, and did not extend to the since-cancelled contract for the student-grant program.

Small Business Minister Mary Ng, left, and Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough appeared before the House Finance Committee on Aug. 12, defending cabinet approval of WE Charity to administer the Canada Student Service Grant.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN, BEATRICE PAEZ

August 12, 2020

The public service was too “stretched” to deliver the government's student-grant program, says Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough. Speaking at the House Finance Committee on Aug. 12, Ms. Qualtrough (Delta, B.C.) completed ...

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