Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Edmonton Thursday to announce a new apprentice grant at NAIT.
The new grant will give apprentices who complete their course a $2,000 taxable cash scholarship.
The grant is designed to get apprentices to finish their programs and about 20,000 apprentices will qualify for the grant each year.
Right now, there is already an apprenticeship grant in place, which provides $2,000 for first and second-year apprentices.
So with the combined grants, apprentices could receive $4,000 throughout the course of their applicable program.
