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May 15, 2023

What is Service Canada doing with regard to Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) overpayments?

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Minister by name: Qualtrough, Carla (Hon.)
Minister by title: Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion

May 15, 2023

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Minister by name: Qualtrough, Carla (Hon.)
Minister by title: Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion

May 5, 2023

Release of income and poverty statistics from the 2021 Canadian Income Survey

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Minister by name: Qualtrough, Carla (Hon.)
Minister by title: Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion

May 3, 2023

An article by David Reevely, published on May 3, 2023 on the independent news platform The Logic, covered the Benefits Delivery Modernization (BDM) initiative that will overhaul programs such as Old Age Security (OAS) and the Canadian Pension Plan (CPP).

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Minister by name: Khera, Kamal (Hon.)
Minister by title: Minister of Seniors

Apr 18, 2023

How is the Government of Canada supporting workers in seasonal employment?

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Minister by name: Qualtrough, Carla (Hon.)
Minister by title: Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion

Apr 18, 2023

Why have you not announced a plan for modernizing the Employment Insurance (EI) program?

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Minister by name: Qualtrough, Carla (Hon.)
Minister by title: Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion

Apr 18, 2023

What changes have been introduced to this program? Why is the uptake of this program so low?

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Minister by name: Qualtrough, Carla (Hon.)
Minister by title: Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion

Apr 18, 2023

The Government of Canada has committed in Budget 2022 to double the Union Training and Innovation Program (UTIP) funding to $84.2 million over four years.

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Minister by name: Qualtrough, Carla (Hon.)
Minister by title: Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion

Apr 14, 2023

Budget 2023 proposal to provide $25 million, in 2024-25, to Employment and Social Development Canada for the Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Minister by name: Gould, Karina (Hon.)
Minister by title: Minister of Families, Children and Social Development

Apr 11, 2023

Labour Shortages in Canada

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Minister by name: Qualtrough, Carla (Hon.)
Minister by title: Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion