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Q1 – What is the Government doing to protect temporary foreign workers? Q2 – How is the Government addressing labour shortages? Q3 – What is the Government doing to facilitate transitions to permanent residency? Q4 – What is the Government’s response to the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery preliminary findings? Q5 – What is the Government doing to ensure that visa and work permit applications are processed in a timely manner? Q6 – How is the Government reforming the Temporary Foreign Worker Program?
Q1 - What financial support is available for beekeepers?
Budget 2023 provided $25 million, in 2024-2025, to Employment and Social Development Canada for the Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative
Summary of accomplishments on disability inclusion since 2015.
Summary of accomplishments on diversity and inclusion since 2018
Members of the Black Business and Professional Association have called for the Board of Directors to be removed and replaced, amid allegations of financial misappropriation of funds
Concerns about security screening
Q1 – What is the Government doing about the reports of a detection of HPAI in US dairy cattle, and the possible emergence of HPAI in dairy cattle in Canada? Q2 – How different would be the Government response to detections of HPAI in cattle and poultry? Q3 – What is the Government of Canada doing about avian influenza and how is it protecting animal health and the spread of the disease? Q4 – How does the Canadian Food Inspection Agency respond to Avian influenza in poultry? Q5 – Does avian influenza pose risks to human health? Q6 – How does the Government support poultry producers? Q7 – What is the effect of avian influenza on the export of poultry and poultry products? Q8 – Does Canada allow importation of poultry from countries where Avian influenza is known to exist? Q9 – Have cases of potential transmission to mammals been detected? Q10 – Are vaccines available for Avian influenza?
Q1 – What is the Government of Canada policy on vaccination for foot and mouth disease? Q2 – How is Canada working to secure sufficient doses of vaccines to protect Canada’s livestock industry against a large-scale foot and mouth disease outbreak? Q3: What is the status of the establishment of the foot and mouth disease vaccine bank (i.e. status of the contract)
On May 23, 2024, Bill C-71 was introduced in Parliament. Bill C-71 will establish a revised framework governing citizenship by descent, and will restore and bestow citizenship to more Lost Canadians and their descendants.