Q-807 , 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to the Apprenticeship Service Employer Grant and other federal apprenticeship grant programs, since 2020, broken down by year and by province: (a) what are the details of (i) how many employers received funding under these programs, (ii) the total number and value of grants issued in each year, including the number of grants issued at the base amount of $5,000 per first-year apprentice and the number issued at the enhanced amount of $10,000 for apprentices from under-represented groups; (b) what is the breakdown of grants issued for apprentices who were (i) Canadian citizens, (ii) permanent residents, (iii) protected persons, (iv) temporary foreign workers; (c) how many employers received funding in excess of two first-year apprentices in a fiscal year and under what authorities or exemptions was such funding permitted; (d) how many grant recipients were verified as meeting the eligibility requirement of being small or medium-sized employers with 499 or fewer paid employees; (e) what is the breakdown of grants by eligible Red Seal trade; (f) how many funded employers were audited for compliance with program eligibility requirements, including verification of net new hire status and registered apprenticeship enrollment; (g) what are the details of how many individual apprentices were registered in more than one eligible Red Seal trade for which the same employer received funding under the Apprenticeship Service Employer Grant or other federal apprenticeship grant programs; (h) how many instances of non-compliance or potentially fraudulent claims were detected; and (i) how many cases identified in (h) involved apprentices who were (i) Canadian citizens, (ii) permanent residents, (iii) protected persons, (iv) temporary foreign workers?