Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. This proposal is an amendment to the Department of Employment and Social Development Act to authorize the Minister of Labour to collect social insurance numbers. The purpose is that it's part of the modernization of services to Canadians delivered by the l

Finance committee  Thank you. Good afternoon. I'm an executive director with the labour program at Employment and Social Development. I'm joined today by Charles Philippe Rochon, a senior adviser in the labour program. Today we're here to talk to you about division 29, an amendment to the Depart