Human Resources committee  There's no one single answer, but let's start with student debt. We have to ask ourselves this question: is it counterproductive, at the very least, to have both our federal and provincial governments making money off student debt? That seems to go right against the goals of what

Human Resources committee  Independent workers who are outside the standard employee-employer relationship don't have access to our social safety net. They don't have access to employment insurance. They don't have access to parental leave or sick leave or any of the benefits housed within the employer-emp

Human Resources committee  For clarification, are you asking about an expansion of the Canada summer jobs program specifically?

Human Resources committee  A hybrid that isn't just located during the summer months but could potentially—

Human Resources committee  Yes, in fact, I think that's one of the shortcomings of the Canada summer jobs program. It's a great program for giving young people an experience in the jobs world but it's a limited time frame.

Human Resources committee  Although I much agree with my colleague here, especially for young people from immigrant communities, for example, I think they are facing all sorts of complicated barriers. Access to the experience is important, but that access has to be coupled with other resources, and we ne

Human Resources committee  Thank you.

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Chair, and through you to the committee, thank you for the opportunity to be here and to speak. It's a great honour to be here. The Urban Worker Project is a national non-profit I co-founded two years ago to raise the issues and the voices of those working outside of