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What is the Government’s response to the Office of the Auditor General’s Independent Auditor’s report titled Programs to Assist Seniors, which evaluates whether Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has sufficiently supported older Canadians through federal programs, services, and initiatives?
Publication of Feed Ontario’s Hunger Report 2024.
An inventory of Canada Pension Plan Disability reassessment cases has increased over the last several years. Delayed reassessments can result in clients continuing to receive benefits to which they may no longer be entitled, leading to large overpayments for clients.
Why are Old Age Security (OAS) benefits not increasing in January 2025, in line with changes to the cost of living?
On November 28, 2024, Statistics Canada released a publication titled “Preliminary Market Basket Measure (MBM) poverty estimates in Canada: A new modelling approach”. The publication offers early poverty estimates based on preliminary tax slips, seven months ahead the official data.
Release of Campaign 2000 Annual Report Card: Ending Child Poverty: The Time is Now.
An article in La Presse on November 23, 2024, found on average one Canadian passport is lost per day (1.1/day). Passports are sent by registered mail through Canada Post (when no labour disruptions). Most passport privacy breaches involve misdirected passports in the mail, which are then opened by the wrong recipient.
On October 28, 2024, an investigation by CBC’s The Fifth Estate and Radio-Canada revealed significant concerns about the security of personal information, including underreporting of breaches. Moreover, through an Order Paper Question (Q-2954), an MP requested information on privacy breaches for all departments of the Government of Canada.
Article on Child Poverty in New Brunswick
Is Manitoba meeting its space creation requirements?
Why is Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) requesting $31.1 million to
stabilize information technology to support program delivery in the Supplementary
Estimates (B) for fiscal year ending March 31, 2025?