Questions and responses 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to job and skills training programs funded through Employment and Social Development Canada: (a) how does the government assess the effectiveness of these programs; (b) for each program funded, what is the completion rate for participants of the program; (c) what proportion of participants, in each program, are (i) Indigenous, (ii) living with a disability, (iii) experiencing long-term unemployment, (iv) recent immigrants to Canada, (v) formerly incarcerated; (d) what are the completion rates of each program, broken down by the groups in (c)(i) to (c)(v); (e) what percentage of participants who have completed such a program are able to find jobs which use the skills they have learned, broken down by each program; and (f) for each group in (c)(i) to (c)(v), what percentage of participants who have completed a program are able to find jobs which use the skills that they have learned, broken down by each program?

With regard to the Minister of Public Safety: (a) on what date did the minister complete the Canadian Firearms Safety Course; and (b) if the minister has not yet completed the Canadian Firearms Safety Course, has he signed up to take the course, and, if not, why not?