Mr. Speaker, with regard to the new apprenticeship service announced in budget 2021, the answer is as follows. With regard to part (a)(i), all projects started in fiscal year 2022-23; therefore, no employers applied to receive financial support in 2021-22.
With regard to part (a)(ii), ESDC’s systems only capture data by the number of employers that received financial support to hire new first-year apprentices, according to province or territory. The program can only report on financial incentives when paid to employers by intermediaries. ESDC’s systems only record the total number of employers that have received financial incentives and do not yet distinguish between the first $5,000 and the additional $5,000 if the apprentice hired is from an equity-deserving group, for a total of $10,000.
With regard to part (b)(i), all projects started in fiscal year 2022-23; therefore, no employers applied to receive financial support in 2021-22. With regard to part (b)(ii), ESDC’s systems only capture data by the number of employers that received financial support to hire new first-year apprentices, according to province or territory. The program can only report on financial incentives when paid to employers by intermediaries. ESDC’s systems only record the total number of employers that have received financial incentives and do not yet distinguish between the first $5,000 and the additional $5,000 if the apprentice hired is from an equity-deserving group, for a total of $10,000.
With regard to part (c), from April 2022 to December 2022, a total of 1076 new apprentices were hired in the 39 eligible Red Seal trades, with 947 in construction trades and 129 in manufacturing trades.
With regard to part (d), the information required to determine how many first-year apprentices identified as women, racialized Canadians and/or persons with disabilities is not captured through regular reporting. Data will be collected at the beginning of the next fiscal year through an annual survey of recipients.
With regard to part (e)(i), all projects started in fiscal year 2022-23; consequently, zero dollars were spent in 2021-22. With regard to part (e)(ii), between April 1, 2022, and February 8, 2023, $112.25 million was spent.