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Human Resources committee Yes, we could maybe add to that. I will repeat a bit, but as you said, we have the apprenticeship incentive grant for women that has been put in place, which is $20 million over five years to provide incentives for women to participate in the trades. We have the women in construc
February 28th, 2019Committee meeting
Benoît Robidoux
Human Resources committee In the case of women, it's really the grants. There's a national grant to incentivize them to participate. In the case of the pre-apprenticeship program, again, many of these groups are not able to get into the trades and be accepted right away, so this program tries to give them
February 28th, 2019Committee meeting
Benoît Robidoux
Human Resources committee We'd ask for precision. Is it the one we have in our supplementary (B), or are you talking about something else in affordable housing?
February 28th, 2019Committee meeting
Benoît Robidoux
Human Resources committee That's not for us.
February 28th, 2019Committee meeting
Benoît Robidoux
Human Resources committee I will ask my colleague Chantal Maheu to answer that question. I think she's more able than me to answer that question.
May 7th, 2019Committee meeting
Benoît Robidoux
Human Resources committee In developing the poverty reduction strategy, the minister and the department consulted broadly with Canadians and experts. There are three measures of low income in Canada. One is called the low-income cut-off, which is based on how much a household spends on food compared with
May 16th, 2019Committee meeting
Benoît Robidoux
Human Resources committee That program is community-based. This is one of the rare programs at the department that is community-based. It's not with the provincial government and it's not directly to people but to communities. This is a first. The way it's designed is that we provide incentives for everyb
May 16th, 2019Committee meeting
Benoît Robidoux
Human Resources committee It was launched in March, so it's a bit early for the results. We'll have them at some point.
May 16th, 2019Committee meeting
Benoît Robidoux
Human Resources committee The whole idea of this proposal, as Ms. Tassi mentioned before, is to provide income security to seniors, but also to encourage and support them when they work. The big difference here is that for those who already work a bit—those who work part-time, for example—this will mean t
May 16th, 2019Committee meeting
Benoît Robidoux
Human Resources committee I'm not sure I understood the question correctly. I just heard “nationally”. Could you repeat the question, please?
April 24th, 2020Committee meeting
Benoît Robidoux
Human Resources committee That's a very good question. As we speak, we are in fact designing this new program. It will be directed, as you just said, to national service and volunteering. Again, what was decided is that the reward will be up to $5,000, but it could be lower too. All of that remains to be
April 24th, 2020Committee meeting
Benoît Robidoux
Human Resources committee It will not be legislation. It will be a grant program, but the details—
April 24th, 2020Committee meeting
Benoît Robidoux
Human Resources committee It's hard for me to tell you when exactly. I worked on it all morning. I will work on it after this call, and it will be available as soon as possible. We're working to have it as soon as possible—
April 24th, 2020Committee meeting
Benoît Robidoux
Human Resources committee You're right that international students in Canada are eligible for the CERB and that they will not be eligible, as of now, based on the design, for the Canada emergency student benefit. I have to say that there are other differences between the two benefits. For example, Canadia
April 24th, 2020Committee meeting
Benoît Robidoux
Human Resources committee Yes, they will.
April 24th, 2020Committee meeting
Benoît Robidoux