Employment and Social Development Canada

Request for the complete list of jobs appearing on the website www.jobbank.gc.ca for a job search query restricted to Montreal, QC for National Occupational Classification (NOC) 14101 (Receptionists) between the period of May 13, 2023 until March 3, 2025, in both PDF and excel formats, containing the following data elements: date_posted; job_source; title_EN; title_FR; city_name; employer_FR; salary_FR; terms_EN; terms_FR; NOC_14101; num_positions; wage_min; wage_max; wage_work_hours; work_term; work_language.

Briefing Note 2022 MSBU 000493 “Consultations on Modernizing Employment Insurance: Roundtables on the Adequacy of Employment Insurance Benefits, May 25 and 27, 2022”

Briefing Note 2020 MSBU 001608 “Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2020 and UN COSP Side Event”

Research Request. Seeking the record of representations made to the Dept, of Immigration and Employment by the Canadian Association of Burlesque Entertainers made between 1981 to 1999. Letter research states: "Representations have also been formally made to the Dept, of Immigration and Employment regarding entertainers being imported from the U.S.A, without giving Canadians equal opportunities to fill these positions. After the Association produced evidence that there had been discrepancies re: the hiring of American dancers, Immigration promised to endorse an unhonoured regulation with a reciprocal clause stating that for every foreign dancer hired in Canada, reciprocation must be made by hiring a Canadian dancer. {Ann Striling Hall}, President, Local 1689, C.L.C"

Briefing Note 2024 NHQ 001270 “Social Innovation Advisory Council: Recommendations on Advancing Social Innovation and Social Finance”

Briefing Note 2021 MSBU 000913 “Roundtable on championing inclusive employment, July 14, 2021”

Clarification on how the cap is calculated for low-wage LMIA positions. Should a foreign national working under the International Mobility Program (IMP), a non-LMIA-based work permit, or who is exempt from a work permit by IRCC be considered part of the employer's TFW workforce? As indicated in the previous ATIP request and disclosures in 2021, the answer was that they should NOT be. Trying to find any updates or post-2021 information related to the cap calculation. Specifically, because Question C in the Cap Calculation section of the LMIA form does not clearly specify who is included in the TFW workforce for cap purposes

I am requesting the following: 1. ESDC's current policy on and adjudicating nearshoring foreign nationals to Canada, specifically as it relates to all LMIA streams, including the Global Talent streams 2. Any correspondence, in all formats, between MobSquad and ESDC - specifically any correspondence relating to MobSquad's partnership the Canadian Government, referenced on MobSquad's website. 3. ESDC's current policy on evaluating and adjudicating a genuine employer / employee relationship, specifically in the context of nearshoring. 4. ESDC's current policy on evaluating and adjudicating a genuine employer / employee relationship when the applicant is exclusively contracted back to a foreign employer. 5. All correspondence, in all formats, between ESDC and any other Canadian Government Department, Office, or individual employed by the Government of Canada regarding MobSquad.

Requesting access to any policies, briefing notes, memoranda, instructions, guidelines, decision records, communications, and/or any other internal records between November 1, 2024, and May 1, 2025, regarding the removal of the following language from Employment and Social Development Canada’s website regarding hiring a foreign academic: "Include in the advertisement this statement: "All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority"

1. A copy of that memo: EI Eligibility and refusal to comply with a mandatory vaccination policy – BE Memo (ort.prv) / BE Memo 2021 – 10. 2. The justification or reason for creating of the memo and supporting documents for its creation, including mandates, scientific information, and the act and regulation on which the “Memo" is based and linked.

Revised on July 28, 2025: 1) All memoranda reviewed by John Ostrander between January 1, 2025, and July 3, 2025. 2) The most recent delivery schedule (with dates) reviewed by John Ostrander between January 1, 2025, and July 3, 2025. 3) The most recent financial request (with dates) – the most recent version of the program budget – approved by John Ostrander between January 1, 2025, and July 3, 2025. Revised on July 15, 2025: 1. All memoranda reviewed by John Ostrander between January 1, 2025, and July 3, 2025. 2. Release schedules reviewed by John Ostrander between January 1, 2025, and July 3, 2025. 3. Financial requests approved by John Ostrander between January 1, 2025, and July 3, 2025. Original text: Copies of all final reports and documents sent to John Ostrander by executive employees (EX-01 and above) regarding the Benefits Delivery Modernization programme. This request covers the period from January 1, 2025, to July 3, 2025. If there are documents in both official languages, please send the French version only.

All records, documents, correspondence, electronic communication and data (excluding information already made public, but including source and reference material) regarding Parliamentary Secretary Gainey's October 27, 2025 statement to the Commons (Hansard pg. 3040): "Sarah from central Newfoundland reached out to tell me about the national school program at their school after the member's comments last week. She said that it is wonderful. More students are getting healthy lunches and the lunch lady went from working part time to working full time. Plus they hired two nans to work part time. This is employment in this area."

Clarified 10-31-2025 : For each year, please provide the total number of approved positions across all occupations. In accordance with the Access to information Act, I am requesting that Employment and Social development Canada provide the following data for the years 2010 to 2025 inclusively with respect to the Temporary Foreign Worker program. For each of those years, for the Employers who were issued a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) please provide: - Total Number of approved positions for each of these five occupations by year o 8431-General farm workers o 8432-Nursery and greenhouse workers o 6322-Cooks o 6311-Food service supervisors o 6711-Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations - Total Number of approved positions per year and per province as well as the top 5 companies (name and number of positions approved) with the most permits approved for each year for this occupation o 7511-Transport truck drivers Please provide all this data in a table either in a Microsoft word or excel file.

Briefing Note 2020 NHQ 002932 “Update to the Proposed Approach for Canada’s Participation at the 2020 Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”

All documents and/or presentations (exclude emails, instant messages, and tracking information) created and/or updated in preparation of, related to, and/or in support of CEO onboarding by the Canadian Digital Service between August 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. Limit to final version or latest available drafts. Note: this request was previously submitted to Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) on 2024-01-26; TBS responded: "Please be advised that after a thorough search no information related to your request exists within Treasury Board Secretariat. All files pertaining to CDS were transferred to Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) when the sector moved from TBS."

Briefing Note 2022 MSBU 000877 "Bilateral PT Meetings Regarding the Canada Disability Benefit".

Clarified on August 1, 2025: Draft versions of Employment and Social Development Canada’s Privacy Impact Assessment report on “Prescribed Presence in the Workplace – Low Onsite Connectivity Monitoring.” Provide substantive versions to show the evolution of the PIA report within the time frame of June 1, 2024 – June 16, 2025 (inclusive). Specifically, provide the drafts prepared for executive review, governance review, and final approval. ***Provide a clean version of documents with no markups. Clarified on July 16, 2025: 1.a) Please provide all prior drafts of the Privacy Impact Assessment (Amended) report on the Department's Prescribed Presence in the Workplace - Low Onsite Connectivity Monitoring tool, prepared by Employment and Social Development's Privacy Management Division (Case number: 2024-0462), within the time frame of June 1, 2024 – June 16, 2025 (inclusive). Original Wording: Prior drafts of the Prescribed Presence in the Workplace – Low Onsite Connectivity Monitoring tool a) provide all prior drafts of the Privacy Impact Assessment (Amended) report on the Department's Prescribed Presence in the Workplace - Low Onsite Connectivity Monitoring tool, prepared by Employment and Social Development’s Privacy Management Division (Case number: 2024-0462), from June 2024 to June 2025 (inclusive).

Further to A-2021-03772, provide all summaries of reports for the "Case Complaints involving CSIS", "Cases with Assurances of Voluntary Compliance involving CSIS", "Case Complaints with AVC involving CSIS", and "Total number of Cases involving CSIS - 28" covering the date range of 2000-01-01 to 2022-03-31.

Briefing Note 2022 MSBU 000492 “Consultations on Modernizing Employment Insurance: Roundtables on the Adequacy of Employment Insurance Benefits, May 25 and 27, 2022”

Obtain the following documents prepared for or sent to Minister Steven MacKinnon since his appointment during the December 20, 2024, cabinet shuffle: briefing binders, QP notes (Q&As for the minister), memoranda sent to the Minister. This request includes the entire briefing binder that was submitted for review under the Access to Information Act, even if parts of it have been redacted. It should not be limited to the version made public under governmental proactive disclosure practices.

Requesting a copy of the published agreements between the provinces and the federal government pursuant to Section 8 of the Canada Disability Benefit Act.

Amended on November 3, 2025: I am seeking copies of the responses to the following previous ATI requests: A-2023-00833. Original Text: Seeking copies of the responses to the following previous ATI requests: A-2023-00833.

Briefing Note 2022 NHQ 065748 “C.D. Howe Institute e-Brief, 'Correcting Course: Employment Insurance Needs a Redesign to Counter Recessions and Achieve Equity'”

Access to records, data, or statistics related to the Employment Insurance (EI) program between January 1, 2023, and April 30, 2025. Specifically requesting the following: Nationality of EI applicant, residency status in Canada of applicant, Gender of applicant, Province residing in of applicant , Age range of applicant , amount of times EI received of applicant. Include this information in a tabular format (e.g., Excel or CSV). Put in rows and columns as suited best. If data is not present for information, include N/A or 0

1) The number of trucking sector audits ESDC conducted in Canada, as well as the outcomes of those audits in terms of new assessments, tax impacts and penalties, and the number of files that involved a trucker who was incorporated that ESDC reclassified as an employee, all broken down by year, from 2015 to 2024, inclusively. 2) Also for the trucking sector, how many reports of wrongdoing did ESDC receive each year, between 2015 and 2024, inclusively? For how many files that involved a report of wrongdoing was an audit performed, broken down by year, between 2015 and 2024, inclusively?

All documents, records, files and communication including electronic correspondence and data (excluding cabinet confidences, media clippings and information already made public) regarding Minister Hajdu's anecdote to the Commons September 25, 2025 (Hansard pg. 2128): 'If they will not believe me, maybe they will believe an actual kid. A Grade 7 kid actually said this: 'An investment in healthy school food is a good idea because the healthier the kids, the healthier the society. School food matters to me because kids should be healthy.' I am so proud of that emphatic Grade 7 student.

Amended on November 3, 2025: I am seeking copies of the responses to the following previous ATI requests: A-2024-02808. Original Request Text: Seeking copies of the responses to the following previous ATI requests: A-2024-02808

Amended on October 15, 2025: Please provide statistical information on the number of people affected by missed/delayed/miscalculated payments for the first two payments of the Canada Disability Benefit for July and August for the third Thursday of July and the third Thursday of August in 2025. Please provide the information in a table in excel format that includes the number of people affected and how they were affected (missed payments, delayed payments, or miscalculated payments). Exclude personal information of individuals. Amended on September 29, 2025: Please provide internal emails at the Director, DG, and above levels in their final versions only, briefing notes and final products in their final versions only, and correspondence specifically from clients in the Canadian public relating to missed, delayed, or miscalculated Canada Disability Benefit payments from July 17th to August 29th, 2025. Original Text: Please provide internal emails, briefing notes, final products and correspondence from clients relating to missed, delayed, or miscalculated Canada Disability Benefit payments from July 17th to August 29th, 2025.

Briefing Note 2019 NHQ 001546 “Response to the Recommendation of the Final Investigation Report of the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages on Complaints Regarding the New Horizons for Seniors Program”

Briefing Note 2020 NHQ 002405 “Completion of the Second Comprehensive Review of the Market Basket Measure (Canada’s Official Poverty Line)”

Please provide an Org chart of those responsible for the Job Bank, from the top down. Please include all names, job titles, email addresses and phone numbers.

Records from September 9, 2024 to September 10, 2025, relating to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) confidential tip line (1-866-602-9448). Specifically, records confirming whether complaints were received through the tip line during this period, including summaries of the nature of complaints. Identification of the employers with the highest number or most serious complaints (“worst offenders”?), including any sanctions, penalties, or bans applied. Any briefing notes, memoranda, or reports prepared for or sent to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour (or equivalent) concerning complaints received through the tip line and enforcement actions taken. Not requesting personal information of complainants or whistleblowers; those details may be redacted under section 19 of the Act.

Amended on November 3, 2025: I am seeking copies of the responses to the following previous ATI requests: A-2023-03070. Original Text: Seeking copies of the responses to the following previous ATI requests: A-2019-03248,

Briefing Note 2021 NHQ 003250 "Canada Disability Benefit Joint Federal-Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Work Plan Tasked by Ministers Responsible for Social Services".

Clarified July 15, 2025: Specifically interested in correspondence between Manitoba region federal employees and/or elected officials detailing the process internally from start to finish for how funding and project selection within the Manitoba region was done for CSJ 2024 and CSJ 2025 to better understand how it works in terms of general program operations step (call for applications, approvals, changed in funding available ),the program reporting step (the number of projects reported, funded, approved, and denied), the application review and selection step, and the establishment of the criteria for selection for the Manitoba constituencies step. No specific company information is requested Clarified July 8, 2025: 1. All electronic and/or written correspondence with Manitoba region federal employees and/or elected officials regarding the Canada Summer Jobs project (CSJ), part of the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) horizontal initiative for the CSJ 2024 and CSJ 2025 program years regarding general program operations (specifically calls for applications, approvals, and changes in funding amounts available), program reporting (specifically emails detailing the number of projects reported, funded, approved, and denied), application review and selection, and criteria for selection for the Manitoba region constituencies. Include final drafts only and if it is a general message sent to many different individuals with the same text, provide only 1 copy. 2.Please provide specific information for the CSJ 2020, CSJ 2021, CSJ 2022, CSJ 2023, CSJ 2024, and CSJ 2025 program years for each constituency in the Manitoba region including: the total number of applications received, the total number of applications approved, the total number of applications denied or discarded , and the total amount of funding received. Original Request Text: 1. Any and all electronic and/or written correspondence with Manitoba region federal employees and/or elected officials regarding the Canada Summer Jobs project (CSJ), part of the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) horizontal initiative between 2024 and 2025. 2. Other Information sought for fiscal years 2020-21; 2021- 22; 2022-23; 2023-24: - Number of total applications received from each constituency in the Manitoba region - Number of applications approved from each constituency in the Manitoba region - Number of applications denied or discarded for each constituency in the Manitoba region. - The total amount of funding received by each constituency.

Clarified June 6, 2025: “I am seeking a copy of all reports related to the Seasonal Worker Agricultural Program (SAWP) and workers in this program who have died while working in Canada from 2014 to the current date, May 23, 2025, in all provinces which receive SAWP workers. I am looking for a copy of all reports on fatalities among those in the SAWP, including those that resulted in repatriated remains. This includes correspondences with employers and/or with Foreign Agricultural Resource Management Services, F.A.R.M.S., about deceased workers. Please include reports (relating to deceased workers) from government agents/representatives in participating countries with SAWP contracts, such as Mexico and Jamaica. Please exclude all duplicates” I am seeking all records related to the Seasonal Worker Agricultural Program (SAWP) and workers in this program who have died while working in Canada. I am seeking this information from 2014 to the current date, May 23, 2025, in all provinces which receive SAWP workers. I am looking for records and reports on fatalities among those in the SAWP, including those that resulted in repatriated remains.This includes correspondences with employers and/or with Foreign Agricultural Resource Management Services, F.A.R.M.S., about deceased workers. Please include reports (relating to deceased workers) from government agents/representatives in participating countries with SAWP contracts, such as Mexico and Jamaica. Please exclude all duplicates.

Date: April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2024. The number of ESDC FTEs paid by the Passport Revolving Fund (IRCC cost recovery) for processing passport applications. The number of passport files processed by ESDC FTEs. The amount of cost recovery paid from IRCC to ESDC to process passport applications. The cost per unit of a passport. Any discussion, email, notes regarding ESDC staff working on non passport related work while being paid by the passport revolving fund/IRCC. Any discussion, email, notes regarding pulling back funding for overpayment of cost recovery funds. How many ESDC FTEs were paid by the passport revolving fund for work on non passport related work (example: EI, CERB, anything except passport). Total number of FTEs working on CERB, EI compared to number of FTEs working on passport applications. Information via text, email, briefing notes, teams messages, discussions on whether ESDC FTEs were paid from the Passport revolving fund but did not complete passport applications and instead worked on CERB and EI thereby violating an act of parliament (The Revolving Funds Act) and committing wrong doing.

Request for notices of violations and inspection decisions - Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) - Road transportation industry (2024-2025) Period covered: April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025 Documents requested: All notices of violations (including warnings and administrative monetary penalties) issued by ESDC inspectors under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations for non-compliance with TFWP conditions. All inspection decisions made by ESDC inspectors under these Regulations relating to non-compliance with TFWP conditions. Special circumstances: The request must be limited to notices and decisions involving companies in the road transportation industry (NAICS Code 484 - Truck Transportation). Where applicable, please include the reason for the violation, the penalty amount and the name of the business involved (in accordance with established disclosure practices or the Access to Information Act).

Briefing Note 2020 MSBU 001614 “11th Annual Federal Policy Forum on Inclusion”

Briefing Note 2020 NHQ 001811 “Update on Discussions with Provincial and Territorial Departments and Veterans Affairs Canada on the Guaranteed Income Supplement Renewal Measure”

Requesting all financial records related to Canada Post Corporation’s role in supporting the 2025 Industrial Inquiry Commission into Canada Post (Kaplan Commission). Please include: - Any payments, reimbursements, or transfers of funds from Canada Post to support the Commission’s activities. - Costs related to providing records, data, or staff support. – Internal communications or financial tracking documents showing Canada Post’s contribution to the Commission. Date Range: December 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.

Records, created between January 1, 2019, and the date of this request (October 1, 2025): 1. Policy and Guidance Documents • All records, manuals, policy documents, or guidance notes produced by or provided to ESDC that refer to or authorize the use of the ESDC Skills and Competencies Taxonomy in assessing employee fitness to work or functional limitations. 2. Internal Communications • All internal correspondence (emails, briefing notes and related briefing materials, and meeting records, including attachments and draft materials) that discuss the use of the Skills and Competencies Taxonomy in Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs) and/or fitness-to-work assessments. 3. Inter-Institutional Communications • All records of communications between ESDC and any other federal institutions relating to the application of the Skills and Competencies Taxonomy in fitness-to-work or medical assessment contexts. 4. Training and Tools • Any training materials, presentations, or toolkits produced by or provided to ESDC for use by evaluators, medical practitioners, or federal officials involved in fitness-to-work assessments. 5. Evaluations or Reviews • All evaluations, audits, or internal reviews prepared by or provided to ESDC regarding the appropriateness, validity, or reliability of the Skills and Competencies Taxonomy as a tool for assessing employee fitness to work. 6. Policy Analyses • All policy analyses, legal risk assessments, or summaries of legal considerations prepared by or for ESDC on whether the use of the Skills and Competencies Taxonomy in fitness-to-work contexts is consistent with the Canadian Human Rights Act, the Privacy Act, or Treasury Board Secretariat accommodation policies. 7. Intended Purpose and Authorized Use • All records, manuals, policy documents, briefing notes, or decision records produced by or provided to ESDC that state or evaluate the intended purpose, authorized scope, or limits of the Skills and Competencies Taxonomy, including any documentation specifying whether the Taxonomy may be used in medical, psychological, or fitness-to-work assessments, and any cautions, risk assessments, or warnings against such use. 8. Application to Functional or Permanent Limitations • All records that address or evaluate whether the Skills and Competencies Taxonomy was designed, validated, or authorized for identifying functional limitations, permanent or long-term limitations, severity scales, graduated rating systems, or gradations of impairment at the individual employee level. 9. Validation and Reliability Studies • All records of validation studies, methodological reviews, or expert analyses conducted by or for ESDC on the reliability, appropriateness, or scientific validity of applying the Skills and Competencies Taxonomy in individual assessments of medical fitness or functional capacity. If no such validation studies exist, I ask that this be stated explicitly in the response. 10. External Use in Assessments • Any contracts, statements of work, instructions, or guidance provided by ESDC to third parties (including medical practitioners, occupational therapists, psychologists, or IME providers) that reference, mention, or authorize the use of the Skills and Competencies Taxonomy in fitness-to-work or Independent Medical Examination contexts.

Requesting copies of any documents showing any requests from federal, provincial or municipal government institutions or Crown Corporations for Labour Market Impact Assessments as part of efforts to potentially recruit or hire Temporary Foreign Workers since January 1, 2023

Requesting records that show how many Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) the federal government has hired, including at the CBC, from January 2019 to September 5, 2025. Provide a table organized by year, stating the department/institution, the number of TFWs, and the corresponding costs. Here is a link for reference: https://www.junonews.com/p/breaking-cbc-hires-temporary-foreign.

Requesting 1) a copy of the most recent draft version of Employment and Social Development Canada's 2024-2025 "EI Monitoring and Assessment Report," as it appears of the date of today, July 18, 2025. Seeking the precise number of EI applications received over April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025, as well as the total number of EI claims processed over that same period, as well as 2) a breakdown in figures/percentages mentioning the response times required to process the totality of the EI claims processed within that time period (under and within 28 days, within 29-35 days, 36-42 days, 43-49 days, or above 50 days). Should this information not already appear within the draft version of this report, provide this breakdown through another means

Requesting copies of the current operational manuals, program delivery instructions, officer guidance, internal policy documents, and any associated annexes used by Service Canada officers in relation to the administration of the Cap on Low-Wage Positions under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). Specifically, all instructions relating to: - Completion and assessment of Section 10 (Cap for low-wage positions) of LMIA application form EMP5627; - How officers are instructed to interpret and apply Questions C, D, and E regarding the number of TFWs in low-wage positions, positions applied for in the LMIA, and extensions; - The treatment of LMIA-exempt work permit holders (both open and employer-specific IMP categories, such as PGWP, SOWP, CUAET, intra-company transferees, Mobilité Francophone, etc.) in the calculation of the cap; - Any internal operational bulletins, policy clarifications, or updates issued since the policy’s effective date (October 6, 2016) to the present (August 25, 2025). Please provide the most current version(s) in use as of the date of this request.

Operational Manual and/or Policy Guidelines relating to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program, including all internal documents, policy manuals, operational bulletins, guidelines, staff instructions, and interpretation notes. Specifically, I am requesting: - The complete and up-to-date internal ESDC manual(s) or equivalent documentation that govern the administration and processing of applications under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) - All operational or procedural guidance issued to ESDC officers responsible for assessing Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) applications under any of the above streams, including internal decision-making criteria, screening tools, and risk indicators. - Interpretive guidelines and instructions used by officers in assessing the "genuineness of job offer," "employer compliance history," and "capability to remunerate" in LMIA assessments. - Any document or manual sections addressing exemptions, limitations, discretionary factors, and compliance/enforcement mechanisms related to TFWP administration.

List of federally-regulated companies (or confirmed to be provincially-regulated companies after verification) that are currently active in Quebec (or more specifically in Montréal), with name, address and industry sector.

Requesting all correspondence, briefings, policy analyses, or other documents submitted by the City of Regina (local government authority) to Employment and Social Development Canada specifically advocating for the expansion of Early Learning Centres and Childcare centres in the City of Regina. Limit the request to final versions (PDFs, if no PDF is available, provide final version documents), and to the final email in an email string (provided all emails are in the string). Emails should be limited to EX-2 and above (ARDG, RDG, DG, ADM, ASDM, DM, and Minister level). Please limit the search to January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2025.

Policy manual and acceptable documentation to issue a positive LMIA