Human Resources committee  The short answer is that we needed to carry out longitudinal studies to be able to answer you. At Statistics Canada, we have started to ask certain questions on that topic in our labour force survey, for example, by trying to figure out whether people who continue to work after

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. As we said in our presentation, there isn't really a single definition. However, we have to take into account certain multidimensional elements. Based on the analyzed elements, which are age groups, provinces—we know there is a difference in terms of

Human Resources committee  We do have some information. I mentioned only two industries during my presentation, but we would be happy to provide that information afterwards as a follow-up action item.

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair and honourable members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to take the floor today to talk about precarious employment in Canada. Statistics Canada has been measuring key aspects of the labour market since at least the 1980s and, in many cases, since 1976.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. We could definitely provide you with some additional information.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll see what we can do in terms of sectors.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  At Statistics Canada, we have various sources of information, whether it's administration or survey information, that help us shed some light in terms of indicators for benefits, as an example, and in terms of income information or pension information. You mentioned workplace in

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can speak to that. Access to data is something we often hear about. In the last few years, Statistics Canada has gone to modernization efforts to improve access to our data via various methods. For instance, if you come to the Statistics Canada website, all the information is f

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would say that our role is really to provide the evidence. I can't speculate as to whether or not this is sufficient, or what the impact would be. If you are interested in having more detailed information on our labour projections and fertility rates, we would gladly provide yo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  At Statistics Canada, we collect statistics on labour force surveys every month, on employment insurance and employment by industry, and we also have a survey on job vacancies, so what you just said earlier, we have heard it as well. Our job is to try to better understand how we

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will let my colleague, Vincent Dale, answer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak today about some key observations on the labour market in Canada. I would like to use my time to focus largely on issues of labour supply, with a focus on population aging, regional differences and immi