Questions and responses 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?

With regard to the elimination in 2018 of the requirement that employers seeking to hire temporary foreign workers in skilled trades occupations consult with relevant labour organizations: (a) what was the rationale for eliminating the requirement; (b) what are the details of all briefing materials and reports prepared in relation to the decision, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) author, (iii) recipients, (iv) title, (v) type of document, (vi) summary of its contents; (c) what consultations were undertaken with labour organizations, unions, building trades councils, apprenticeship organizations, employers, and provincial governments prior to eliminating the requirement; (d) what concerns, objections, or recommendations were raised by labour organizations, unions, building trades councils, and apprenticeship organizations regarding the elimination of the requirement; (e) how many Labour Market Impact Assessments and temporary foreign worker positions in skilled trades occupations were approved in each year from 2014 to 2018, broken down by occupation and province or territory; (f) how many Labour Market Impact Assessments and temporary foreign worker positions in skilled trades occupations were approved in each year from 2019 to the present, broken down by occupation and province or territory; (g) what are the details, including findings of any analysis conducted regarding the impact of eliminating the requirement on (i) the number of approved Labour Market Impact Assessments, (ii) the number of temporary foreign workers employed in skilled trades occupations, (iii) wages in skilled trades occupations, (iv) apprenticeship opportunities for Canadians; (h) has the government received requests from labour organizations, unions, building trades councils, or apprenticeship organizations to reinstate the requirement, and, if so, from whom and on what dates; and (i) has the government analyzed reinstating the requirement, and, if so, what are the details of the analysis including (i) the date, (ii) who did the analysis, (iii) the findings?

With regard to the Federal Skilled Worker Program, since January 2016, broken down by year: (a) how many individuals applied to the program with the National Occupational Classification codes (i) 31102 (General Practitioners and Family Physicians), (ii) 31100 (Specialists in Clinical and Laboratory Medicine), (iii) 31101 (Specialists in Surgery); (b) of the applicants for each National Occupational Classification code in (a), how many were approved through the Federal Skilled Worker Program; and (c) of the applicants in (b), how many have been licensed by a recognized federal, provincial or territorial regulatory authority to practice medicine in Canada?