Note pour la période des questions : Programmes relatifs au marché du travail pour les Autochtones

Manières dont le gouvernement du Canada favorise de meilleurs résultats en matière d’emploi pour les populations autochtones

Le Programme de formation pour les compétences et l’emploi destiné aux Autochtones (FCEA) est un investissement de 2 milliards de dollars sur cinq ans, et de 408,2 millions de dollars par an de manière continue par la suite. Ce financement aidera les clients à acquérir de meilleures compétences et à trouver des emplois qui les aideront à réussir leur carrière à long terme.

Le Programme de FCEA vise à réduire de 50 % l’écart de compétences et de 25 % l’écart en matière d’emploi entre les populations autochtones et non autochtones sur une période de dix ans.

Dans l’Énoncé économique de l’automne 2020, un montant supplémentaire de 144,2 millions de dollars pour le Programme de FCEA a été annoncé pour une année (2021-2022). Ce financement permet d’apporter un soutien accru, compte tenu de la pandémie de COVID-19.

Le Fonds pour les compétences et les partenariats (FCP) est un programme basé sur des projets, financé à hauteur de 50 millions de dollars par an de manière continue. Il soutient les partenariats entre les organisations autochtones et les employeurs afin d’offrir des formations liées à des initiatives économiques.

En février 2022, le gouvernement a lancé un appel de propositions pour le FCP.

Cet appel recherche en priorité des projets axés sur l’économie verte, les technologies de l’information et de la communication, les infrastructures, l’économie bleue et la fonction publique autochtone.

Budget 2018 announced the creation of the Indigenous Skills and Employment Training (ISET) Program, as a successor program to the Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy (ASETS), to support Indigenous people in improving their skills and meeting their long-term career goals. This represents an investment of $2 billion over five years, and $408.2 million per year ongoing, including incremental investments of $447 million over five years, and $99.4 million per year ongoing. The Program funds a network of over 115 Indigenous service delivery organizations with over 650 points of service to provide Indigenous people with training and supports to improve their skills and secure employment.

The ISET Program provides distinctions-based support for First Nations, Métis and Inuit, as well as urban and non-affiliated Indigenous People. To that end, the new program provides:

$1.1 billion over five years, and $235.7 million per year ongoing, for a First Nations stream.

$325 million over five years, and $67 million per year ongoing, for a Métis Nation stream.

$161.2 million over five years, and $32.6 million per year ongoing, for an Inuit stream.

$213.4 million over five years, and $45.2 million per year ongoing, for an urban/non-affiliated stream.

An additional $144.2 million was announced for one year (2021-2022) in the 2020 Fall Economic Statement for the ISET network to:

Increase support to Indigenous youth, persons with disabilities, clients living out of territory/in urban areas;

Enhance capacity of service delivery organizations; and

Expand Indigenous Labour Market Information Survey and Skills Inventory Pilot.

Between April 2019 and February 2023, over 152,600 clients have been served by ISET organizations. Of these clients, more than 59,900 have found employment and over 19,000 have returned to school.

The Skills and Partnership Fund (SPF) is a project-based program that funds partnerships between Indigenous organizations and industry employers to provide skills training for Indigenous people linked to economic opportunities at the local, regional and national level. By increasing access to training that is demand-driven, SPF plays a key role in directly linking Indigenous people to specific jobs and improving their employment outcomes. SPF has the flexibility to adjust to government priorities and address emerging economic opportunities.

SPF was launched in 2010 with an investment of $210 million over five years to support skills development and training-to-employment for jobs identified by partner employers. SPF was renewed in April 2015 and has a budget of $50 million per year, ongoing.

Since 2010, there have been four SPF Call for Proposals (the last one took place in 2016) resulting in 130 projects in key sectors such as shipbuilding, health care, construction, energy, mining, and tourism. To date, SPF has served over 51,500 Indigenous clients with nearly one in two (42%) finding employment or returning to school following participation.

In February 2022, ESDC launched an open Call for Proposals (CFP) for the SPF. This CFP follows national engagement undertaken with nearly 200 organizations between January and July 2021 to inform the future of the program.

The priority of the CFP is to identify projects that will equip Indigenous people with the skills needed for jobs within specific and emerging sectors or industries, and that are responsive to local and regional priorities. More specifically, this CFP targets five priority sectors:

Green Economy – Industries that support the more efficient use and alternative sources of energy and resources; 

Information and Communications Technology - Industries that support and contribute to the manufacturing of goods and/or the delivery of services related to broadband, connectivity, computers, software and other communications technology; 

Infrastructure - Industries that support the construction, function, and maintenance of physical infrastructure advancing Canada’s goals. They may also support the development of a community;  

Blue Economy - Industries that support long-term growth in ocean-based sectors such as ocean-based energy, marine infrastructure, aquaculture, commercial fisheries, coastal and marine tourism and ocean technology; and 

Indigenous Public Sector - Indigenous Governments and public-services owned and operated by Indigenous governments such as law enforcement, emergency services, infrastructure, land administration, public transit, public education, child care and health care.

ESDC received 178 funding proposals for this CFP, with 119 of these applications being deemed eligible. Upon further assessment, 32 projects were recommended, in the amount of $250 million in funding over 5 years.

Agreements for the 32 recommended projects are expected to be in place by April 2023.

aucun