Jason Kenney on 6-day study tour to Germany, U.K.

By Susana Mas. Rob Norris, Saskatchewan's minister of advanced learning, will be part of delegation. Employment Minister Jason Kenney is taking a Canadian delegation on a study tour of Germany and the U.K. this week to learn from their respective education and skills training systems, a model he has touted as "enormously successful" and one Canada could learn from. Germany's dual system of vocational education and training, where students learn a trade for a few years and then go on to obtain a university degree, is said to be one of the major factors in the country's economic success. More...