SOCI Archives - Ratna Omidvar

SOCI Committee Visits the East Coast to Study the Temporary Migrant Worker Program

Senator Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada September 19, 2023 immigration, SOCI, temporary foreign workers

A delegation from the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology visited P.E.I. and New Brunswick to learn about the temporary migrant worker program.

The SOCI Report on the Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention

Senator Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada June 13, 2023 indigenous, SOCI

Senator Omidvar spoke to the fifteenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, entitled Doing What Works: Rethinking the Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention.

Adoption of the SOCI Report on the Role of Gender-based Analysis Plus in the Policy Process

Senator Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada April 28, 2023 gender-based analysis, SOCI

Senator Omidvar spoke to the committee's report on the role of Gender-based Analysis Plus in reducing barriers to an inclusive intersectional policy analysis.

WATCH: Migrant Workers Study

Senator Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada January 18, 2023 employment, essential workers, immigration, seasonal agricultural workers, SOCI, temporary foreign workers

During the SOCI Committee's Migrant Workers Study, Senator Omidvar asked about open-sector work permits, language tests, the caregiver program, and more.

WATCH: Discussing National Childcare, Employment Insurance, and the Minimum Wage

Senator Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada May 28, 2021 SOCI

During a meeting of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Senator Omidvar asked about national childcare, EI reform, and the need for a low-wage commission.

WATCH: Discussing the Federal Framework on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Senator Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada April 22, 2021 Race, SOCI

During a meeting of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Senator Omidvar asked Minister Hajdu if data collected as part of the Federal PTSD Framework will be examined through the lens of race and intersectionality.

WATCH: Discussing Bill S-223, An Act Respecting Kindness Week

Senator Ratna Omidvar and Senator Jim Munson Senate of Canada April 1, 2021 SOCI

During a meeting of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Senator Omidvar asked Senator Munson about the importance of kindness on social media and among Parliamentarians, and how Kindness Week would support Black History Month.

OPINION: Canada needs a government-backed social finance fund

Ratna Omidvar and Art Eggleton Hill Times August 27, 2018 Opinions, SOCI, Social Finance

We need to become more imaginative in the ways we find the money to tackle social issues. A federally-backed social finance fund could be an effective way of connecting untapped private capital with solutions for important social issues.

SPEECH: The Federal Role in a Social Finance Fund – New Report from the Senate’s Social Affairs Committee

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada June 14, 2018 charities, non-profits, SOCI, Social Finance

"We have old challenges, such as affordable housing, but we also have new emerging challenges such as the development of products for a low-carbon economy. And all of these challenges need to be financed and resourced in one way or another. Social finance offers us new ways to fuel solutions."

News Release: Time is right for social finance fund, Senate committee says

Social Affairs, Science and Technology Committee Senate of Canada May 10, 2018 SOCI, Social Finance

A federally created and supported social finance fund could help Canada solve some of our country's most challenging issues. It will harness the power of private investment and innovative solutions for the public good, the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology said in a report released Thursday.