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The original proposal, which came shortly after the last federal budget was introduced, was less than perfect, Kenney acknowledged Thursday as he described a new offer that offers additional " flexibilities" to the provinces. " I'm not suggesting the initial model that we proposed was ideal; to the contrary," the minister said in a speech to the Toronto Region Board of Trade. At the same time, he expressed frustration with the fact other levels of government have been balking at something he considers to be a common sense plan. " It's so blindingly sensible, I don't understand why it's not widely accepted." The main idea behind the job- grant scheme remains intact as the talks enter the latest phase, Kenney said: giving those who create jobs more say over how tax dollars are spent on training programs. The Canada Jobs Grant model, first proposed by the Harper government in last year's federal budget, was supposed to be in place by April, but several provinces objected because it would have meant an overall cut to federal funding for job training. Ontario Training Minister Brad Duguid said earlier this week he remains opposed to the fact Ottawa intends to finance its share of the program by reducing transfer payments to the provinces. The original plan was to create a $ 15,000 grant Canadians could use to receive training for a specific job opening. Each grant was to be shared equally among the federal and provincial governments and a sponsoring business. Kenney stressed Canada is already short of skilled workers, and the pending retirement of thousands more across the country as the baby boomers retire will only make matters worse unless the right job- training programs are in place. " What we need is some intelligent flexibility, quickly, to avoid a problem from becoming a crisis," he said. - The Canadian Press More flexibility added to reworked Canada Jobs Grant, minister says V ANCOUVER - British Columbia has become the latest province to announce it will not prosecute most prostitutionrelated offences over last year's ruling by Canada's highest court the laws are unconstitutional. The Supreme Court of Canada struck down the laws - communicating for the purpose of prostitution, living on the avails and keeping a common bawdy house - in December, but said they would stay on the books for a year to give the federal government time to bring in new legislation. Neil MacKenzie, a spokesman with the B. C. Criminal Justice Branch, said prosecutors have studied the ruling and decided any ongoing or prospective prosecutions will be examined on a case- by- case basis. " The branch concluded it's possible to respect the constitutional concerns that are raised in the ruling without discontinuing, necessarily, all prostitution- related prosecutions," he said in an interview Friday. " Shortly after the decision was released, the branch concluded that the focus in relation to any ongoing or prospective prosecutions should be on whether the cases involved any elements of exploitation or coercion." MacKenzie said the likelihood of prosecution will be strongest in cases where pimps, keepers of bawdy houses and customers have exploited the vulnerability of prostitutes. He said only a couple dozen such cases are currently in the system, and the directives take effect immediately. " Some prosecutions may continue, but not necessarily all prosecutions are going to continue," said MacKenzie. " It will be analyzed on an individual basis." The federal government has said it will introduce new legislation dealing with prostitution well ahead of the December deadline. Ontario, Alberta, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador have all given their Crown attorneys direction following the Supreme Court ruling. In Ontario, the government said it will likely not prosecute under the laws struck down, but will enforce laws that remain on the books, such as those involving people under 18, procuring, human trafficking, stopping a motor vehicle for the purposes of prostitution and all forms of sexual assault. Alberta officials say they'll focus on customers and those who have exploited prostitutes, but it will generally not be in the public interest to prosecute prostitutes. - The Canadian Press B. C. to cut prosecution of prostitution offences Comes as high court strikes down laws By Keven Drews A_ 11_ Feb- 08- 14_ FP_ 01. indd A11 2/ 7/ 14 10: 01: 46 PM ;