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On March 19th, Statistics Canada released job vacancy data for the fourth quarter of 2023 from the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (JVWS).
Nunavut MP Lori Idlout raised in Parliament the lack of passport services available in Nunavut.
An article published in the Globe and Mail on February 15, 2024, indicated that young people are bearing the brunt of labour market slow downs and that it is driving them out of the work force.
On February 15, 2024, the New Democratic Party, three of Canada’s major labour unions, and Mouvement Action-Chômage de Montréal held a press conference to “urge the Liberal government to change the punitive and discriminatory EI rules against new parents.”
The inability of EI claimants to receive more than 50 weeks combined of regular, maternity and/or parental benefits is the subject of an ongoing legal challenge by six women in Québec, alleging discrimination under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In January 2022, the Social Security Tribunal (SST) – General Division ruled in favour of the claimants. This decision was subsequently overturned on January 9, 2024 by the SST – Appeals Division, and most recently, the claimants, supported by Mouvement Action-Chômage de Montréal, have filed a leave to appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal on February 8, 2024.
A Fraser Institute report states that federal day-care program has resulted in little-to-no change in the female labour force participation rate or industry employment (news release)
A Fraser Institute report states that federal day-care program has resulted in little-to-no change in the female labour force participation rate or industry employment (news release)
Are there anomalies in BDM’s procurement process?/
Lori Idlout (NDP) raised concerns about the challenges faced by Nunavut athletes in accessing expedited passport services
How does the New Horizons for Seniors Program community-based stream support Canadian seniors and their communities?
The Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO) has been reviewing all contracts awarded to DALIAN Enterprises, Coradix, and GC Strategies, as part of the ArriveCAN Application investigation, which was launched following allegations of procurement misconduct in October 2022. Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) received a parliamentary question in November 2023 regarding the types of contracts awarded by the department to DALIAN Enterprises since November 2015, the services being provided, and the total contract values.