| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, Randy Boissonnault, will be in Vaughan to announce funding to help professionals join Canada’s skilled trades workforce through the Foreign Credential Recognition Program.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, will be in Winnipeg, joined by the Honourable Wab Kinew, Premier of Manitoba, and the Honourable Jamie Moses, Minister of Economic Development, Investment and Trade and Natural Resources of Manitoba, to announce an investment in training for skilled trades in the aerospace industry.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, will be in Sheet Harbour to announce changes to eligibility criteria for the Canada Student Loan forgiveness benefit for nurses and doctors in under-served rural and remote communities.
The Government of Canada supports community media in official language minority communities, enabling them to participate more fully in civic life and raise awareness of local and national issues
The Government of Canada promotes a diversity of voices and inclusion by investing in community media that serves official-language minority community, enabling them to express themselves and gain visibility in the public sphere
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, announced targeted reforms to one of the TFW Program streams. Effective November 8, 2024, the starting hourly wage for workers coming into Canada through the high-wage stream will be increased to 20%, higher than its current level, which is the median wage in the applicable province or territory of work. This represents an increase to the existing threshold of between $5 and $8 per hour, depending on the province or territory of work.
| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
| news releases
The Government of Canada is renewing relationships between the Crown and First Nations by addressing Canada’s failure to provide First Nations with the agricultural provisions promised under Treaties 5, 6, and 10.