Ms. Saajida Deen at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On May 24th, 2022. See this statement in context.

May 24th, 2022 / 2:45 p.m.

Director General, Employment Program Policy and Design, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Employment and Social Development

Saajida Deen

Absolutely. Extensive consultations took place in 2016 and 2017. About 700 labour market stakeholders took part in those consultations across Canada.

These changes are also being proposed due to ongoing consultations with provinces and territories that currently implement 13 sets of.... There are bilateral labour market transfers with each of the provinces and territories. As part of the ongoing implementation of those agreements, which serve about a million Canadians a year, we have heard from labour market stakeholders that there is a need to reach those who are further removed from the labour market.

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