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Fall Economic Statement 2023: Canadian Heritage and Portfolio organizations
On November 21, 2023, the Fall Economic Statement announced that a 15-week shareable adoption benefit would be introduced in the Employment Insurance (EI) program. Parents who form their family through surrogacy would also be eligible for this benefit.
Instead of taking action, this Government continues to commission one report after another. When will it finally take concrete steps to support CAF members and ensure they are protected at work?
The Government of Canada continues to monitor Hockey Canada with additional accountability and reporting measures after reinstating funding in March 2023 following the organization’s handling of a settlement of a sexual assault lawsuit.
Local politicians and union members in Windsor are raising concerns that a battery plant currently being built in the city will employ temporary foreign workers to fill positions. The plant is expected to receive billions in financial support from the Province of Ontario and the federal government
This Government says it is committed to defence and the Canadian Armed Forces yet is asking the Department of National Defence to cut its budget by $1 billion. How does that make sense?
What is this Government doing to address the contaminated water in Bagotville?
Listing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity.
Beginning on July 1, 2023, when Canada transitioned the administration of claims processing from Sun Life to Canada Life, some Public Service Health Care Plan members have experienced difficulties obtaining assistance via the call centre