Natural Resources committee  As I said, someone who is in a self-employed work arrangement is not eligible for the income support side of employment insurance. However, as my colleague mentioned, there are opportunities for Parliament to design interventions that provide people in those situations with incom

Natural Resources committee  No, we do not have any hard data on participation rates. As my colleague mentioned, many of these programs are delivered by the provinces. We do have access to the reporting they provide us, and we can work with them to get better information in the future, but we don't necessari

Natural Resources committee  Eligibility will vary depending on the program. Employment insurance regular benefits are not available to the self-employed, so anyone who is self-employed would not have access to the income support. However—and my colleague can add more detail on this—the workforce development

Natural Resources committee  The intent of the softwood lumber action plan on the labour market side was to ensure that workers had access to skills training, totally recognizing the challenges experienced by an older worker used to working in a particular sector, but wanting to make sure that those who want

Natural Resources committee  We do not have any specific forecasts on the effect of automation on the forestry sector. We do have a variety of expert opinions and a study that has been done on the effect of automation broadly speaking on the economy. What it does underline, first of all, is that there is a w

Natural Resources committee  I don't have that information, unfortunately, but we can try to get that for you.

Natural Resources committee  That's certainly something we monitor, not just with respect to this particular sector. This is an issue that affects the economy as a whole. I think the typical profile of a worker in the natural resource sector, excluding perhaps oil and gas, does tend to be somewhat older an

Natural Resources committee  We do not have any programs specifically targeting this sector that have a gender component to them. However, nothing prevents the sector or any company in the sector that is looking to change the profile of its workers from coming to see us. We would be happy to discuss their ne

Natural Resources committee  The EI program is a national program provides temporary income support for people when they lose their jobs. The program is operated nationally through a system of 62 regions, and the member asked specifically about two of those regions. The regions are selected to ensure that t

Natural Resources committee  That particular initiative was implemented by the provinces. It did not involve any federal funding. Generally speaking, the federal government has not chosen to introduce any kind of early retirement programs.

Natural Resources committee  I'm not sure of that, but I will endeavour to get the answer to that question.

Natural Resources committee  Good afternoon everybody. Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to participate in this study. My name is Elisha Ram, I'm an associate assistant deputy minister in the Department of Employment and Social Development Canada, and I work in skills and employment progra

Human Resources committee  As I said, I think that's an interesting area of inquiry. It comes up in a number of different conversations. The government certainly has an interest in making sure that Canadians, wherever they are, have access to good jobs. It doesn't serve anybody's interest, as you pointed o

Human Resources committee  There is already a tax recognition for moving expenses. That's available to people to earn employment. That's already in place. I think one can look at the possibility of other types of incentives. They don't have to be financial. A lot of the work we have been doing with sectors

Human Resources committee  I'll allow my colleague to speak to the immigration side of it. From our perspective, addressing labour needs of the economy as a whole, including in construction in the GTA, as well as across the country, will require a multi-faceted approach. It's not going to be one tool and a