Employer News

1. Helping workers on Prince Edward Island develop the skills they need to find good jobs

   As the Canadian economy recovers from the impact of COVID-19, workers are facing new challenges. Residents of Prince Edward Island and all Canadians need access to training and employment supports to develop new skills and find good jobs.

2. Backgrounder: PEI Workforce Integration Fund

   The Workforce Integration Fund is one of the targeted measures implemented by the Government of Prince Edward Island as a result of investments through the Workforce Development Agreements. To date, 14 innovative projects have been supported by the Fund. These include:

3. The Sunset Community expands facility and employment services

   Additional space will enable Pugwash social enterprise to create more vocational opportunities for adults with disabilities

4. Supporting equity in access to learning opportunities for young Canadians

   The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the everyday lives of Canadians, particularly young people who are facing unprecedented challenges, with fewer jobs, disruptions in their studies and overall uncertainty of the future.

5. Government of Canada investment helping the fish and seafood sector in Escuminac area remain strong

   Escuminac, Hardwicke and Pointe-Sapin’s fish and seafood processors navigating toward recovery

6. Escuminac area fish and seafood processors get support from the Canadian Seafood Stabilization Fund

   Escuminac area fish and seafood processors get support from the Canadian Seafood Stabilization Fund

7. Government of Canada to outline support for fish and seafood sector in Escuminac area

   Government of Canada to outline support for fish and seafood sector in Escuminac area

8. Government of Canada launches consultations to ensure labour protections meet new realities of working Canadians 

   Modern digital communications have been changing the way we work for decades, and the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the pace of this change. The Government of Canada knows that labour protections must continue to evolve to ensure safe and decent working conditions for all workers.

9. Support to workers and families increases with the passage of EI legislation and the coming into effect of recovery benefit regulations

   The Government of Canada continues to help and support Canadian families and workers struggling to make ends meet because of the COVID 19 pandemic. Over the past year, this support has included the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, the Canada Emergency Student Benefit, three recovery benefits and a more flexible and accessible Employment Insurance (EI) program.

10. Government announces comprehensive plan to better protect foreign workers in order to secure Canada’s food supply chain 

    Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Canada acted to protect Canadians and workers. Temporary foreign workers (TFWs) have played an important role in ensuring our food security for decades, and especially during this pandemic. Their continued safety and timely entry into Canada is essential to our economy, and they deserve to be safe.

11. Government of Canada to outline support for fish and seafood sector in Western Nova Scotia

    Government of Canada to outline support for fish and seafood sector in Western Nova Scotia

12. Helping international students, families feel at home

    New Dawn to forge connections between Cape Breton University students, communities, businesses

13. MP Arif Virani to announce funding through the Union Training and Innovation Program in the Greater Toronto Area

    Arif Virani, Member of Parliament for Parkdale—High Park and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, will announce Union Training and Innovation Program funding to help Canadians become certified in skilled trades.

14. Government of Canada invests in training to help Canadians in Burnaby, British Columbia, become certified in skilled trades

    In order to help maintain a robust workforce and better position our country for a strong economic recovery, the Government of Canada is investing in the skilled trades to ensure that Canadians have the training they need to access good, well-paying jobs. The government is making targeted investments, so that key groups facing barriers—like women, newcomers, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and Black and racialized Canadians—can better find work in the skilled trades through projects led by unions and their partner organizations.

15. Helping Manitoba’s workers develop the skills they need to find good jobs

    As the Canadian economy recovers from the impact of COVID-19, workers are facing new challenges. Residents of Manitoba and all Canadians need access to training and employment supports to develop new skills and find good jobs.

16. MP Terry Beech to announce funding through Union Training and Innovation Program in Burnaby, British Columbia

    Terry Beech, Member of Parliament for Burnaby North–Seymour and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, will announce Union Training and Innovation Program funding to help Canadians become certified in skilled trades.

17. Providing women with the skills and opportunities needed to build a stronger Canada

    Canada’s economic recovery depends on young people being able to get good, well-paying jobs now and into the future. On International Women’s Day, we recognize that women have been among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, facing job losses and shouldering the burden of unpaid care work at home. Taking steps to include young women in Canada’s recovery and working to create a stronger, fairer and more inclusive country will continue to be important.

18. Backgrounder:  Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) 

    The YESS is a Government of Canada initiative delivered in collaboration with 11 federal departments and agencies, including Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). Through the YESS, the Government of Canada helps young people, particularly those facing barriers to employment, get the information and gain the skills, work experience and abilities they need to make a successful transition into the labour market. ESDC’s YESS program supports organizations that provide job placements and skills development services to young people, as well as a broad range of supports such as job coaching, mental health support, clothes for job interviews, day care services for parents and subsidized Internet access to help with job searches.

19. International Women’s Day Statement 2021

    The Minister of Labour, Filomena Tassi, issued the following statement for International Women’s Day

20. Helping workers in New Brunswick develop the skills they need to find good jobs

    As the Canadian economy recovers from the impact of COVID-19, workers are facing new challenges. Residents of New Brunswick and all Canadians need access to training and employment supports to develop new skills and find good jobs.

21. Federal, provincial and territorial labour ministers meet to discuss important workplace issues 

    Federal, provincial and territorial labour ministers met virtually today to discuss important workplace issues. The meeting was chaired by the federal Minister of Labour, Filomena Tassi, to discuss the challenges posed by the pandemic, Canada’s possible ratification of the International Labour Organization’s Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019, as well as the harmonization of occupational health and safety standards.

22. Raising Awareness to Prevent Pains and Strains

    On International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day – February 28, 2021 – the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is encouraging workplaces across Canada to help spread awareness on preventing these debilitating injuries in the workplace.

23. Invitation to media – Minister Joly in virtual chat with Monique Leroux, Véronique Proulx and Charles Milliard on regional development and anchor sectors

    Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions invites media representatives to a chat during which the discussion will focus on issues, challenges and opportunities around regional economic development in a post-pandemic context. On this occasion, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages and Minister responsible for CED, will converse with Monique Leroux, Chair of the Industry Strategy Council of Canada; Véronique Proulx, President and CEO of Manufacturiers et Exportateurs du Québec; and Charles Milliard, President and CEO of the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec, on their vision and actions to be taken in the context of Quebec’s economic recovery.

24. Statement by Minister of Labour, Filomena Tassi 

    Today, the Minister of Labour, Filomena Tassi, issued the following statement regarding the collective bargaining negotiations between the Syndicat des débardeurs, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 375 and the Maritime Employers Association:

25. Virtual announcement in British Columbia on the Government of Canada’s investment to help Canadians become certified in the skilled trades

    The Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Carla Qualtrough, will announce important project funding, resulting from the 2020 Union Training and Innovation Program call for proposals. She will be accompanied by Randeep Sarai, Member of Parliament for Surrey Centre.

26. Government of Canada makes further investments to help youth facing barriers to employment 

    Canada’s economic recovery depends on young people being able to get good, well-paying jobs in the future. That is why the Government of Canada is continuing to take strong action to ensure that young Canadians have the supports they need to move forward from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and successfully plan for their careers.

27. New workplace harassment and violence prevention training launched in British Columbia’s maritime sector

    Canadians know that safe, healthy and respectful workplaces are good for everyone. That is why the Government of Canada continues to support workers, unions and employers to advance the goal of achieving harassment and violence-free federally regulated workplaces. By supporting harassment and violence prevention projects throughout Canada, we create workplaces where Canadian workers can achieve their potential. This is good for workers, unions, employers and the Canadian economy.

28. Minister of Labour meets with stakeholders to discuss workplace harassment and violence prevention project supported by the Government of Canada

    All Canadians should be able to achieve their full potential in the workplace. While great strides have been made to foster safer, more equitable and effective workplaces where everyone feels welcome and valued, there is still more work to do. Ongoing collaboration is essential in making Canadian workplaces safer, healthier and more inclusive for the good of workers, unions, employers and the economy.

29. Minister Tassi to launch new workplace violence and harassment prevention training program

    The Minister of Labour and Member of Parliament for Hamilton West–Ancaster–Dundas, Filomena Tassi, will announce the launch of a new violence and harassment prevention training program that will benefit British Columbia’s 10,000-person waterfront workforce.

30. Helping workers in the Northwest Territories develop skills to find good jobs

    As the Canadian economy recovers from the impact of COVID-19, workers are facing new challenges. The residents of the Northwest Territories and all Canadians need access to training and employment supports to develop new skills and find good jobs.

31. Government of Canada temporarily waives the one-week waiting period for Employment Insurance claims

    As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, provinces and territories are announcing further restrictions to slow the spread of the virus. The Government of Canada continues to provide certainty to people who are out of work or working less hours due to the pandemic through Recovery Benefits and a more flexible and accessible Employment Insurance (EI) program.

32. Extension of employer application period for Canada Summer Jobs 2021 

    Ensuring that young people and Canadian employers have the supports they need to succeed and stay strong is key to driving our communities forward as we begin economic recovery.

33. Harassment and Violence Prevention Courses Available for Federally Regulated Work Places 

    The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has developed three online courses to help employers, managers, and employees in federally regulated work places understand their specific roles and responsibilities in accordance with the Canada Labour Code, Part II, including the Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations that came into force on January 1, 2021.

34. Government of Canada invests in key sectors to help boost economic recovery and create jobs

    As the Government of Canada continues to address the health, social and economic impacts of COVID-19, it is also working toward a strong economic recovery that will create new jobs and opportunities for workers and businesses alike.

35. Backgrounder: Sectoral Initiatives Program

    Government of Canada invests in key sectors to help boost economic recovery and create jobs