The head of PSAC tells Mike Smyth that it's 'insulting' for Justin Trudeau to claim that only WE Charity could have administered the student grant program.

Two groups representing thousands of post-secondary students are calling on the Trudeau Liberals to abandon its troubled volunteer program and push its $900-million funding to other student supports.

Canadians should ask whether Trudeau is truly sorry for doing something wrong — or only sorry because he got caught, Mike Smyth says.

The prime minister says a $1,200 monthly payment is coming for post-secondary students, running through August, to make up for lost work and cut hours.

Applications for this year's version of the program opened Thursday and close Feb. 24.

The federal government says it received nearly 40,000 applications for the Canada Summer Jobs program this year. About 400 were ruled out under new rules that say the money cannot be used to undermine human rights.

Rising provincial minimum wages have cut into the reach of the Liberal government's oft-touted increase to summer jobs spending by reducing the number of weekly hours being funded this year.

According to Nuttall, 208 jobs were created in the area with $761,024 in funding.

Playing political games with student jobs is just plain wrong, writes Danielle Smith.

The Dogwood Initiative said it has received funding for summer jobs focusing on public outreach for years.