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Why
is there a lapse of $132.4 million for Employment and Social Development Canada for
the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025?
Why are
expenditures of $98.9 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 $4.5 billion higher than
expenditures of $94.4 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024?
What overpayments were established and collected for the COVID-19
benefits, which include the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Canada
Recovery Benefit (CRB), Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB), Canada
Emergency Student Benefit (CESB), Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB),
Canada Worker’s Lockdown Benefit (CWLB), and the Employment Insurance
Emergency Response Benefit (EI-ERB) for 2024-2025?
Employment and Social
Development Canada (ESDC) has reported $998.5 million in professional and special
services expenditures in 2024-2025. Can you elaborate on how the department is
demonstrating stewardship of funds through its procurement of professional services?
Why is Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) requesting $20.2 million for
Benefits Delivery Modernization programme reprofiles in the Supplementary Estimates (B) for
fiscal year ending March 31, 2026?
We can do better: it is not a safety net if the holes are this big – the 2025 Report of the National Advisory Council on Poverty was tabled in Parliament on [insert date].
The Union of National Employees (UNE) has publicly denounced the federal government's cuts to the passport service, which it considers discriminatory toward visible minorities, persons with disabilities, and unionized employees. Believing that these job eliminations violate the collective agreement and the Canadian Human Rights Act, the union has filed two group grievances. To raise awareness and put pressure on the government, it brought the issue into the public eye by speaking to the media, including Radio-Canada and CBC.
The CCB has helped reduce the number of children living in poverty by hundreds of thousands since its introduction in 2016.
The Canada Child Benefit is tax free and provides more support for low-to middle-income families with children. Because it is based on income, it provides more support to those who need help the most.
The CCB has been annually indexed since 2018 to keep up with the rising cost of living.
The Government will continue to support Canadians who are currently facing rising costs of living, to make life more affordable, and build a strong economy that benefits all Canadians.
How is the Government supporting Canada’s care economy, including through advancing a National Caregiving Strategy?
Canada Child Benefit