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In Committee from the Senate of Canada
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - December 14, 2023
Senators meet to review reports from the auditor general. Appearing as witnesses are Auditor General Karen Hogan, Carey Agnew, Markirit Armutlu, Jean Goulet and Carol McCalla (Office of the Auditor General of Canada).
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - December 7, 2023
Senators meet for clause-by-clause consideration of Bill S-244, an Act to amend the Department of Employment and Social Development Act and the Employment Insurance Act (Employment Insurance Council). Appearing as a witness is Mona Nandy (Employment and Social Development Canada).
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - December 6, 2023
Senators meet to study Bill S-235, an act to amend the Citizenship Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Appearing as witnesses are representatives from Legal Aid Ontario, the Black Legal Action Centre, UNICEF Canada, the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario and Peel Children’s Aid Society. Testifying as an individual is Fatuma Alyaan.
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - November 29, 2023
Senators meet to discuss Bill S-244, an Act to amend the Department of Employment and Social Development Act and the Employment Insurance Act (Employment Insurance Council). Appearing as witnesses are Senator Diane Bellemare, sponsor of the bill, along with Nancy Healey and Pierre Laliberté (Canada Employment Insurance Commission), Bea Bruske (Canadian Labour Congress) and Erin Harrison (Unifor).
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - November 23, 2023
Senators meet to begin their study of Bill S-235, an act to amend the Citizenship Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Appearing as witnesses at the committee are Senators Mobina Jaffer (sponsor of the bill) and Kim Pate along with officials from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and the Canada Border Services Agency.
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - November 9, 2023
Senators meet for clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-35, an Act respecting early learning and child care in Canada. Appearing at the committee as witnesses are Michelle Lattimore and Cheri Reddin (Employment and Social Development Canada).
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - November 8, 2023
Senators meet to continue their study and clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-35, an Act respecting early learning and child care in Canada. Appearing at the committee as witnesses are Julie Beaulieu Mason, Lisa Lacenaire, Michel LeBlanc (New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) and Michelle Lattimore (Employment and Social Development Canada).
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - November 2, 2023
Senators meet to examine Bill C-35, an Act respecting early learning and child care in Canada. Appearing as witnesses are Krista Carr (Inclusion Canada), Brenda Lenahan (BC Complex Kids Society), David Macdonald (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives), Julie Savard-Shaw (The Prosperity Project), Lisa Wolff (UNICEF Canada) and Jamie Metsala.
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - November 1, 2023
The committee meets to study Bill C-35, an Act respecting early learning and child care in Canada. Appearing as witnesses are representatives from the Assembly of First Nations, First Nations Pedagogies Network, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, The Canadian Bar Association and Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak.
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - October 26, 2023
Senators meet to discuss Bill C-35, an Act respecting early learning and child care in Canada. Appearing as witnesses are representatives from several groups with interests in child care.
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - October 25, 2023
Senators meet to examine Bill C-35, an Act respecting early learning and child care in Canada. Appearing as witnesses at the committee are Julie Bisnath (Child Care Providers Resource Network), Krystal Churcher (Association of Alberta Childcare Entrepreneurs), Beth Deazeley (College of Early Childhood Educators), Emily Gawlick (Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia), Peter Jon Mitchell (Cardus) and Sandra Mullen (National Union of Public and General Employees).
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - October 19, 2023
The committee meets to study Bill C-35, An Act respecting early learning and child care in Canada. Appearing as witnesses are Morna Ballantyne (Child Care Now), Jane Bertrand (Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation Inc.), Martha Friendly (Childcare Resource and Research Unit), Jodie Kehl (Manitoba Child Care Association), Jessica Lue (YMCA Canada), Jennifer Nangreaves (Early Childhood Development Association of Prince Edward Island) and Taya Whitehead (Canadian Child Care Federation).
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - October 5, 2023
Senators meet to continue their study of Canada's temporary and migrant workforce. Appearing as a witness before the committee as an individual is Tomoya Obokata, the United Nations special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery.
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - October 4, 2023
The committee resumes its study of Canada's temporary and migrant labour force. Appearing as witnesses are Noel Baldwin (Future Skills Centre), Jim Stanford (Centre for Future Work), as well as professor Mikal Skuterud, professor emeritus Mohammad Qadeer and Armine Yalnizyan as individuals.
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - September 28, 2023
Senators meet to continue their study of Canada's temporary and migrant labour force. Appearing before the committee to answer questions is Randy Boissonnault, minister of employment, workforce development and official languages. Appearing as witnesses are officials from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada.
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - September 27, 2023
The committee meets to examine issues concerning Canada's temporary and migrant labour force. Appearing as witnesses are Larissa Bezo (Canadian Bureau for International Education), Arin Goswami and Anmol Sanotra (Naujawan Support Network ), Donald Walmsley (Neepawa and Area Immigrant Settlement Services), and Catherine Bryan (as an individual).
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - September 21, 2023
Senators meet to examine Canada's temporary and migrant labour force. Appearing as witnesses are Teresa Acheson and Donna-Marie Haughton (Yukon Federation of Labour), Charles Cirtwill (Northern Policy Institute) and Angèle Losier (Centre d’accueil et d’accompagnement francophone des immigrants du Sud-Est du Nouveau-Brunswick).
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - June 8, 2023
The committee meets to continue its study of Canada's temporary and migrant labour force. Appearing as witnesses are Jerry Gavin (Prince Edward Island Seafood Processors Association), Jeff Loder (Association of Seafood Producers), Ryan MacRae (Cooper Institute), Aditya Rao (Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre), Nat Richard (Lobster Processors Association) and Adriana Vega Guillen.
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - June 7, 2023
The committee meets to study Bill C-242, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (temporary resident visas for parents and grandparents) and Canada's temporary and migrant labour force. Appearing as a witness on the topic Canada's temporary and migrant labour force is Paul Lansbergen (Fisheries Council of Canada).
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - May 31, 2023
The committee meets to study Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023. Appearing before the committee as witnesses are several officials from federal government departments as well as representatives from stakeholder groups.