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What can Canadians expect from 1 800 O-Canada post COVID-19?
The volume of temporary foreign workers coming to work in Canada increased dramatically in response to historic labour shortages, raising concerns about Canadians’ access to jobs.
An opinion piece published in the newspaper Le Devoir on October 10, 2023, and written by Anne Michèle Meggs, former director of planning and reporting at Quebec’s ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration, suggests that the provincial government could control temporary immigration levels by requiring Quebec’s consent before admitting temporary foreign workers through the International Mobility Program at Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
Summary of accomplishments on disability inclusion since 2015.
Minister of Citizen Services has not yet been issued a Mandate Letter.
The Regional Municipality of Halton, located in the southwest part of the Greater Toronto Area, is calling on the Ontario government to provide additional funding to address their child care needs
Summary of accomplishment on diversity and inclusion since 2018
A Globe and Mail article on September 11, 2023, entitled “How students and graduates can tackle the enormous pressure student loans are creating,” reported that according to a poll by Embark Student Corp, 75 percent of students say it is very difficult to afford post-secondary education (PSE), and 79 percent say debt during school can be debilitating.
On September 19, 2023, Buy Social Canada released a report on Canada’s Social Enterprise sector, titled “Sell with Impact: Stories and Research from the Canadian Social Enterprise Sector”.
The pandemic disproportionately affected Canadians living in long-term care homes. Canadians are concerned about the availability of safe, high-quality long-term care services.