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House Hansard - 87

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 13, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Mrs. Tracy Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country, CPC)
  • Jun/13/22 2:56:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are in a labour crisis, and small businesses are the most affected. A follow-up submission to the industry committee from the Department of Employment and Social Development states that they were “not aware of any Canadian studies that estimate the overall economic costs of labour shortages”, and estimates from the Statistics Canada job vacancy and wage survey show 826,000 job vacancies in February, which is double the prepandemic trend. Why is this government doing nothing to analyze how federal vaccine mandate firings are affecting the labour shortage in Canada?
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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Ms. Ruby Sahota (Brampton North, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/22 3:05:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of standing up for workers, and especially gig and online workers. As emerging forms of labour and new industries grow in the economy of tomorrow, it is important that our government be there for all Canadian workers. I have heard from my constituents that employees who work as truck drivers are being misclassified as independent contractors even though they do not own their own trucks because of Driver Inc. schemes. Can the minister tell the House and Canadians what he and the government are doing to address this issue?
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