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

With regard to Employment and Social Development Canada: (a) how many employees or full-time equivalents currently work at the department; and (b) what is the breakdown of employees by (i) Treasury Board classification level (AS-07, EX-02, etc.), (ii) each section within the department, (iii) location?

With regard to submissions received by the Minister of Jobs and Families, the minister's office, or departmental officials, from Justice for Truck Drivers or Labour Community Services of Peel: (a) have the Minister of Jobs and Families, the minister's office, or departmental officials received submissions, correspondence, or recommendations since 2023 from Justice for Truck Drivers or Labour Community Services of Peel, including from Navneet Aujla, Service Director, and, if so, broken down by sender, on what date was each (i) received, (ii) reviewed, (iii) acknowledged, (iv) answered; (b) who received and reviewed each submission; (c) what specific recommendations were made in each submission; (d) what is the government's response to each recommendation; (e) which recommendations, including which changes to the Canada Labour Code or other regulations, does the government plan on implementing, and what is the timeline associated with each such implementation; and (f) for each recommended change received that the government will not be implementing, what is the reason for not implementing the change?

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?