Employment and Social Development Canada

Applications for the Youth Employment and Skills Program are now open

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Monday, February 27, 2023
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The YESP Program offers support for 50% of wages to a maximum of $14,000 to agriculture employers hiring Canadian youth.

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  • The YESP Program offers support for 50% of wages to a maximum of $14,000 to agriculture employers hiring Canadian youth.
  • youth living with a disability – including physical, mental health related or learning disability
    Applications are now open for a limited time.
  • The Youth Employment and Skills Program helps eliminate barriers to employment by providing meaningful work opportunities for Canadian youth wanting to pursue a career in agriculture.
  • Programs like Youth Employment Skills Program make sure that everyone, regardless of their identity has a fair chance at success in many in-demand sectors, including the ever-growing agriculture sector."

Government of Canada announces projects aimed at removing barriers to equality in federally regulated workplaces

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Monday, February 27, 2023
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Funded through the government's Workplace Opportunities: Removing Barriers to Equity program, these multi-year projects will help federally regulated private-sector employers make their workplaces more fair, diverse and inclusive.

Key Points: 
  • Funded through the government's Workplace Opportunities: Removing Barriers to Equity program, these multi-year projects will help federally regulated private-sector employers make their workplaces more fair, diverse and inclusive.
  • During the visit, they discussed Digital Nova Scotia's project, called Creating an Inclusive Culture: Building Tech Workplaces that Work, which received over $1 million in funding.
  • Digital Nova Scotia will share its final report with employers in Nova Scotia and across Canada to help raise awareness of industry-specific barriers to diversity and inclusion, and how to address them.
  • The announcement, which takes place during Black History Month , highlighted a number of projects aimed at supporting Black Canadians.

Government of Canada invests in training for workers in a net-zero economy

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023
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Canadians workers are already leading in spaces like clean tech, and the Government of Canada is focused on ensuring workers will continue to lead in this space for years and decades to come.

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  • Canadians workers are already leading in spaces like clean tech, and the Government of Canada is focused on ensuring workers will continue to lead in this space for years and decades to come.
  • C2R2 has launched Quick Train Canada, a project that provides Canadians with access to fully funded micro-credentials to help increase their skills and competencies.
  • Of this target, 3,000 workers currently employed will receive upskilling in the latest technologies and 1,000 new entrants, with little or no previous sector training, will receive training.
  • Canadian Colleges for a Resilient Recovery is a coalition of leading colleges, CEGEPs, institutes and polytechnics from across Canada.

Minister Gould announces funding for over 500 capacity-building projects under the Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative

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Friday, February 17, 2023
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Under the Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative (SBCCI), the Government of Canada is supporting Black-–led and Black –serving community-based organizations across the country by bringing decision-making closer to Black communities to better meet their needs and priorities.

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  • Under the Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative (SBCCI), the Government of Canada is supporting Black-–led and Black –serving community-based organizations across the country by bringing decision-making closer to Black communities to better meet their needs and priorities.
  • "The Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative was created to work alongside Black communities to build the capacity of Black-led and Black-serving community-based organizations and support the important work they do to promote inclusiveness.
  • By working with the SBCCI national funders network, we're ensuring investment decisions are made by Black communities for Black communities.
  • "The Black National Funders Network continues to make history as we make this announcement of additional funding for the Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative (SBCCI), this Black History Month," said Raymund Guiste, Executive Director, Tropicana Community Service Organization.

Government of Canada invests in the agriculture and agri-food sector to address labour demands

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023
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This project will help to address human resource shortages in Canada's agriculture sector.

Key Points: 
  • This project will help to address human resource shortages in Canada's agriculture sector.
  • – The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
    "Growing chronic labour shortages impact the success and viability of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food industry.
  • Agriculture and Agri-food Canada with support from Employment and Social Development Canada is currently developing a National Agricultural Labour Strategy.
  • The strategy will seek to address chronic workforce challenges and build short- and long-term solutions to attract a skilled workforce to the agriculture and agri-food sector.

The Prime Minister announces changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service

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Friday, February 10, 2023
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OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 10, 2023 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced the following changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service:

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  • OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 10, 2023 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced the following changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service:
    Shalene Curtis-Micallef, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Justice, becomes Deputy Minister of Justice, effective February 13, 2023.
  • Chris Forbes, currently Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, becomes Deputy Minister of Environment and Climate Change, effective February 20, 2023.
  • Arun Thangaraj, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, becomes Deputy Minister of Transport, effective February 20, 2023.
  • Stefanie Beck, currently Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence, becomes Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, effective February 20, 2023.

Sunwing backs away from intention to hire temporary foreign pilots

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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TORONTO, Dec. 7, 2022 /CNW/ -Sunwing pilots are celebrating news the company has decided to abandon its intention to use the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) to boost staffing levels.

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  • TORONTO, Dec. 7, 2022 /CNW/ -Sunwing pilots are celebrating news the company has decided to abandon its intention to use the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) to boost staffing levels.
  • We're pleased that Sunwing chose to back away from using TFWP and honour our collective agreement."
  • Those letters charged that Sunwing Airlines has not done enough to fill open positions by hiring permanent pilots within Canada.
  • Sunwing had planned to pay the European pilots a higher rate than full-time Canadian Unifor pilots.

Statement by the Minister of National Revenue, the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier and Minister and of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, the Honourable Carla Qualtrough on the Auditor General of Canada (OAG)'s performance audit of

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022
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This support allowed the economy to rebound and return to its pre-pandemic levels."

Key Points: 
  • This support allowed the economy to rebound and return to its pre-pandemic levels."
  • We could not agree more with the Auditor General in this regard.
  • These programs protected Canadian workers, businesses, and the economy, from the worst impacts of the pandemic.
  • Through this work, for example, CRA's audit results to date show that the vast majority of applicants met the requirements of the CEWS program.

The Government of Canada launches formal consultations to streamline reporting of payroll information

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Monday, December 5, 2022
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Today, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) are launching formal consultations as part of a large scale ePayroll reporting solution project.

Key Points: 
  • Today, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) are launching formal consultations as part of a large scale ePayroll reporting solution project.
  • A key goal of the project is to modernize and simplify how employers report payroll, employment, and demographic information to the Government of Canada.
  • Government requests are also not always aligned to information employers have readily available in their payroll systems.
  • The consultations surrounding the ePayroll reporting solution will open on December 6, 2022, and will close to input on January 27, 2023.

Canada Summer Jobs 2023: Application period for employers begins today

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022
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The program provides wage subsidies to private-sector organizations with 50 or fewer full-time employees, employers from not-for-profit organizations, and the public sector.

Key Points: 
  • The program provides wage subsidies to private-sector organizations with 50 or fewer full-time employees, employers from not-for-profit organizations, and the public sector.
  • Through CSJ, employers are encouraged to create quality summer work experiences for young people between the ages of 15 and 30.
  • Private sector employers must have 50 or fewer full-time employees across Canada to be eligible (full-time employees are those working 30hours or more per week).
  • To support employers, the CSJ2023 applicant guide, which is available online ,provides instructions on how to fill out an application, eligibility requirements and assessment criteria.