Disclosure of transfer payment programs under $5 million

Name of transfer payment program

Named grants for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

End date

Ongoing

Type of transfer payment

Grant

Type of appropriation

Vote 5

Link to department's Program Inventory

Core Responsibility: Learning, Skills Development and Employment,

Program: Sectoral Initiatives Program

Main objective

Contribute to studies aligned with Employment and Social Development Canada policy priorities undertaken by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) committees, including: Education Policy; Employment, Labour and Social Affairs; and Local Employment and Economic Development.

Planned spending for 2018–19

$100,000

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation

2013–14

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable)

This program will not be included in the department's planned evaluation coverage for the upcoming five-year cycle because it has been determined that it represents a low risk, following an assessment of the department's needs, risks, and priorities. The program is of low materiality, and it was last evaluated during the 2013–2014 fiscal year ("Evaluation of the OECD Named Grants").

General targeted recipient groups

International Organization: The OECD

Name of transfer payment program

Provision of funds for interest payments to lending institutions under the Canada Student Loans Act

End date

Ongoing

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

Statutory: Canada Student Loans Act

Link to department’s Program Inventory

Core Responsibility: Learning, Skills Development and Employment

Program: Canada Student Loans and Grants and Canada Apprentice Loans Program

Main objective

A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Planned spending for 2018–19

$0^{Footnote 1}

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation

2011–12

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable)

2019–20

General targeted recipient groups

Students from low and middle income families.^{Footnote 2}

Name of transfer payment program

Provision of funds for liabilities including liabilities in the form of guaranteed loans under the Canada Student Loans Act

End date

Ongoing

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

Statutory: Canada Student Loans Act

Link to department’s Program Inventory

Core Responsibility: Learning, Skills Development and Employment

Program: Canada Student Loans and Grants and Canada Apprentice Loans Program

Main objective

A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market.

Planned spending for 2018–19

$(2,889,287)^{Footnote 3}

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation

2011–12

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable)

2019–20

General targeted recipient groups

Students from low and middle income families.^{Footnote 4}

Name of transfer payment program

End date

Ongoing

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

Statutory: Apprentice Loans Act

Link to department’s Program Inventory

Core Responsibility: Learning, Skills Development and Employment

Program: Canada Student Loans and Grants and Canada Apprentice Loans Program

Main objective

Budget 2014 announced an expansion of the Canada Student Loans and Grants Program to include the Canada Apprentice Loan, an interest-free loan of up-to $4,000 per periods of technical training that will help apprentices registered in Red Seal trades with the cost of training. This transfer payment represents consolidated costs related to these loans, including interest subsidy, repayment assistance benefits and administrative costs net of recoveries on affected loans.

Planned spending for 2018–19

$1,885,713

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation

2017–18 (Phase 1 completed in September 2017)

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable)

2019–20

General targeted recipient groups

Apprentices registered in Red Seal trades.

Name of transfer payment program

Labour Funding Program

End date

Ongoing

Type of transfer payment

• International trade and labour:
  • Grants for low- to moderate-risk proposals
  • Contributions for higher-risk proposals
• Labour Management Partnership:
  • Grants for low- to moderate-risk proposals
  • Contributions for higher-risk proposals
• Occupational Health and Safety:
  • Grants for low- to moderate-risk proposals
  • Contributions for higher-risk proposals
• Workplace Equity: Removing Barriers to Equity
  • Grants for low- to moderate-risk proposals
  • Contributions for low, moderate, and higher-risk proposals

Type of appropriation

Vote 5

Link to department’s Program Inventory

Core Responsibility: Working Conditions and Workplace Relations

Program 3.1: Labour

• International Labour Affairs
• Labour Relations
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Labour Standards
• Workplace Opportunities

Main objective

4 streams:

• International Trade and Labour
  • To contribute to increased partner countries’ enforcement of internationally accepted labour legislation
• Labour Management Partnership
  • To contribute to reduced labour disruption
• Occupational Health and Safety
  • Increased capacity to address occupational health and safety issues
• Workplace Opportunities
  • Removing Barriers to Equity Removing Barriers to Equity - supports employers subject to the Employment Equity Act in their efforts to improve designated group representation in areas of low representation through partnerships and industry-specific strategies

Planned spending for 2018–19

$ 1,703,000

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation

• 2017–18 (International Trade and Labour – Interim Report)
• 2017–18 (Occupational Health and Safety – Interim Report)

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable)

• 2021–22 (International Trade and Labour)
• 2021–22 (Occupational Health and Safety)
• 2018–19 (Workplace Equity: Workplace Opportunities)

General targeted recipient groups

• International labour-related organizations, national and international not-for-profit organizations, publicly funded universities and colleges
• Employers, unions, labour/management-related not-for-profit organizations, Aboriginal organizations, publicly funded universities and colleges
• Not-for-profit organizations that address workplace occupational health and/or safety, publicly funded universities and colleges
• Federally regulated private-sector employers, employer associations or councils, sector associations or councils, unions, non-governmental organizations, not-for-profit organizations, academic institutions

Name of transfer payment program

Payments of compensation respecting merchant seamen (Merchant Seamen Compensation Act)

End date

Ongoing

Type of transfer payment

Grant

Type of appropriation

Statutory: Merchant Seamen Compensation Act

Link to department's Program Inventory

Core Responsibility: Working Conditions and Workplace Relations

Program: Federal Workers' Compensation

Main objective

This program ensures that certain merchant seamen injured in work-related accidents can receive health benefits and medical compensation. The Merchant Seamen Compensation Act can also provide financial assistance for surviving dependents if a work-related injury results in the death of the seaman.

Planned spending for 2018–19

$5,000

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation

Not applicable

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable)

Not applicable

General targeted recipient groups

Injured merchant seamen and their survivors and dependents