Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act — C-23.25 16
Sustainable Jobs Action Plan 16 (1) The Minister must prepare a Sustainable Jobs Action Plan no later than December 31, 2025 and must prepare a new Plan no later than December 31 of every fifth year after that. Tabling of Plan (2) The Minister must cause each Plan to be tabled in each House of Parliament (a) in the case of the first Plan, no later than the fifteenth sitting day of that House after December 31, 2025; and (b) in the case of each subsequent Plan, no later than the fifteenth sitting day of that House after December 31 of every fifth year after that. Contents (3) Each Plan must (a) outline how the federal government will facilitate and promote economic growth, the creation of sustainable jobs and support for workers and communities in the shift to a net-zero economy over the following five-year period, including through investments to decarbonize Canada’s economy, the establishment of conditions for accessing federal economic incentives in relation to labour and the identification of pathways to sustainable jobs for workers; (a.1) describe how the federal government is upholding the guiding principles set out in the preamble; (b) set out the measures that the Minister, specified Ministers and other relevant federal ministers have identified to be implemented, — including measures relating to skills development, economic and social measures and measures that support workers on an individual, regional, community and sectoral basis — the milestones to be achieved by the federal entities for which they are responsible and the ways in which those ministers will implement those measures; (c) include a summary of data that is available within the federal government, that is related to economic growth and the labour market in a net-zero economy and that was used in the development of the Plan, including data related to equity, diversity and inclusion in the labour force, along with a description of how that data informed the development of the measures referred to in paragraph (b); (c.1) identify any gaps in the data referred to in paragraph (c) that impact labour market analyses, including data in relation to Indigenous peoples, describe the effect of those gaps on the analyses and indicate which gaps are being addressed; (c.2) include information on measures that relate to this Act that have been implemented in support of skills development, training and retraining, as well as to address other relevant labour market and worker-focused issues; (c.3) describe how it takes into account the greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan established under section 9 of the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act ; (c.4) include information on the key measures that have been taken in cooperation with the governments of the provinces and territories and other governments in Canada in relation to the Plan or the purpose of this Act; (c.5) include information on initiatives or other measures taken by the governments of the provinces and territories, Indigenous peoples, trade unions, municipal governments or the private sector that may contribute to the creation of sustainable jobs and to supporting workers and communities; and (d) in the case of subsequent Plans, describe the progress made towards achieving the milestones under the previous Plans.