THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

ORDER OF REFERENCE

Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Thursday, May 27, 2021:

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Deacon (Ontario), for the Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Pate:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, when and if it is formed, be authorized to examine and report on the future of workers in order to evaluate:

(a) how data and information on the gig economy in Canada is being collected and potential gaps in knowledge;

(b) the effectiveness of current labour protections for people who work through digital platforms and temporary foreign workers programs;

(c) the negative impacts of precarious work and the gig economy on benefits, pensions and other government services relating to employment; and

(d) the accessibility of retraining and skills development programs for workers;

That, in conducting this evaluation, the committee pay particular attention to the negative effects of precarious employment being disproportionately felt by workers of colour, new immigrant and Indigenous workers; and

That the committee submit its final report on this study to the Senate no later than September 30, 2022.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Interim Clerk of the Senate

Gérald Lafrenière