As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues to vow that the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion "will be built," his government's summer jobs program is funding a position with an activist group working to stop the project. It notes the position is funded by the federal Canada Summer Jobs Program. Kai Nagata, Dogwood's communications director, said the group isn't certain yet how many students it will hire with the help of federal funding this year. In a statement, Labour Minister Patty Hajdu's office said the federal program funds nearly 70,000 summer positions with about 29,000 employers. 'Discriminatory and fascist'The Canada Summer Jobs Program has been the subject of considerable controversy this year.

Source: CBC News April 25, 2018 17:51 UTC