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Prime Minister Stephen Harper is seen in a Feb. 8, 2013 file photo.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is seen in a Feb. 8, 2013 file photo.
(DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

John Ibbitson

How to solve problem of jobs without people and people without jobs?

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Stephen Harper wants to improve labour training in Canada. But how?

The Prime Minister surely can’t want to take responsibility for skills training away from the provincial governments. And it’s not in his political nature to order them about.