Question Period Note: Tabling of Employment and Social Development Canada’s Supplementary Estimates (B) for Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2026

Why is Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) requesting an increase of
$377.4 thousand to the statutory contributions to employee benefits plans in the
Supplementary Estimates (B) for fiscal year ending March 31, 2026?

The adjustment of $ 377,434 to EBP costs is related to one item requested in these
Supplementary Estimates, the Funding for the Registration and Authentication Call
Centres.

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Changes to statutory items are presented in the Supplementary Estimates for information
purposes only as Parliament has already approved the purpose of the statutory expenditures
and the terms and conditions under which they may be made through other.
• Contributions to employee benefit plans (EBP) include costs to the government for the
employer’s matching contributions and payments to the Public Service Superannuation Plan,
the Canada and the Quebec Pension Plans, death benefits, and the Employment Insurance
Operating Account.