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Canada: Feds take digital step to reshape benefits system for expat seniors

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CTV News (26.07.2019) The federal government is moving to trade, in bulk, information on expatriate seniors with other countries to save time and money when one of them dies.

Regions / Country
canada
Topics
Health insurance
Pensions
Interoperability
Data management
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Business processes
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Canada launches parental sharing benefit to encourage equal childcare

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employeebenefits.co.uk (27.03.2019) --The Canadian government has introduced a new parental sharing benefit this month (March 2019), to enable birth, adoptive and same-sex parents to share childcare responsibilities more equally.

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canada
Topics
Parental leave
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Canada; Ottawa à l'ère de l'intelligence artificielle

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lapresse.ca (04.03.2019) Le ministère qui supervise le filet de sécurité sociale fédéral a discrètement commencé à tester des systèmes d'intelligence artificielle qui pourraient un jour faciliter et accélérer l'obtention de réponses sur les prestations et les services.

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canada
Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Business processes
Service delivery
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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Les petits jobs, moteur de l’économie canadienne

Submitted by dfabbri on

Le Temps (26.10.2018) Plutôt que de privilégier le développement des «emplois d’avenir», qui seraient des métiers hautement qualifiés, les Canadiens, et notamment les Québécois, misent depuis longtemps sur les petits jobs. Avec succès

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canada
Global challenges
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Canada: Quebec Pension Plan enhancement approved and consultations announced in federal budget

Submitted by fabbri on

newswire (12.03.2018) Morneau Shepell released the March 2018 issue of its monthly newsletter, News & Viewsin which the Company looked at a number of topics including: the Act to enhance the Quebec Pension Plan and amend various retirement-related provisions, relevant announcements in the 2018 federal budget, healthcare funding in British Columbia and provincial sales tax in Saskatchewan

Regions / Country
canada
Topics
Pensions
Investment
Financing
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[Opinion] Why It’s So Hard to Reform Canadian Health Care

Submitted by fabbri on

The New York Times (24.03.2018) Too many Canadians and Americans are negatively fixated on each other’s health systems — and the distortions that accompany so many conversations about health reform make it harder to improve care on both sides of the border.

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canada
Global challenges
Topics
Health
Health insurance
Document Type

Canada: New parental-leave rules for fathers pose challenges for small businesses

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theglobeandmail (09.03. 2018) Small-business owners are open to the new parental-leave rules that will encourage dads to take up to five weeks off with their newborns, but worry it could be difficult to cover the short-term staffing gap.

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canada
Topics
Family benefits
Parental leave
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Quebec - Canada - Final Report of the Expert Committee on Guaranteed Minimum Income

Submitted by lasalle on

Québec Portal (13.11.2017) The Expert Committee on Guaranteed Minimum Income released its final report, in which it presents 23 recommendations consistent with a global vision of what would be a transformed and enhanced income system. This global vision is based on both a conceptual analysis of the very idea of guaranteed minimum income and an overall diagnosis of Québec's current income support system.

Regions / Country
canada
Topics
Inequalities
Old_Global Challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Societal Impact
Document Type

Québec : Guaranteed Minimum Income

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Québec Portal - Economic, social and demographic changes all influence the labour market. In response to these changes and in keeping with the goal of fostering labour market access to the greatest number of persons, the Gouvernement du Québec has decided to begin an assessment of the mechanisms associated with the principles of guaranteed minimum income, which 21st-century Québec society may then draw from.

Regions / Country
canada
Topics
Social assistance
Inequalities
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