Ministers and MPs join families across Canada to highlight improvements that enhance the Canada Child Benefit

Media advisory

The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, as well as a number of other Ministers and Members of Parliament, will visit several communities across Canada to discuss how the Government of Canada is improving the Canada Child Benefit to better help middle‑class families and those working hard to join the middle class.

A photo opportunity and media availability will follow each event.

Please note that all details are subject to change. All times are local.

EVENT:     Minister Duclos and Jean Yip, Member of Parliament for Scarborough–Agincourt, will visit a children’s day camp.

DATE:       Thursday, July 19, 2018

TIME:         9:45 a.m. EDT

PLACE:     The Child Experience

Fairglen Public School

2200 Pharmacy Avenue

Scarborough, Ontario

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EVENT:     The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue

DATE:       Thursday, July 19, 2018

TIME:         10:00 a.m. EDT

PLACE:     Base de plein air de Bellefeuille

                  70, route de la plage (Pabos-Mills)

                  Chandler, Quebec

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EVENT:   The Honourable Patricia Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour

DATE:       Thursday, July 19, 2018

TIME:       10:30 a.m. EDT

PLACE:   Geraldton Day Care Centre

                403 3rd Street West

                Geraldton, Ontario

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EVENT:     The Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of International Trade Diversification

DATE:       Thursday, July 19, 2018

TIME:         11:00 a.m. EDT (10:00 a.m. CDT)

PLACE:     Harrow Co-op Children’s Centre

                  611 Guelph Street

                  Winnipeg, Manitoba

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EVENT:     Minister Duclos will visit a child care centre with Ramesh Sangha, Member of Parliament for Brampton Centre.

DATE:       Thursday, July 19, 2018

TIME:         11:30 a.m. EDT

PLACE:   Brampton Kennedy Road YMCA                             

                 Child Care Centre

                 9996 Kennedy Road

                 Brampton, Ontario

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EVENT:     The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence

DATE:       Thursday, July 19, 2018

TIME:         11:30 a.m. EDT

PLACE:   Camp du jour Saint-Sacrement

                 Collège St-Charles Garnier

                  955 Louis-Fréchette Street

                   Quebec, Quebec

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EVENT:   The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of Status of Women

DATE:       Thursday, July 19, 2018

TIME:       1:00 p.m. EDT

PLACE:   Peterborough Museum and

                Archives – Outdoor Pavilion

                300 Hunter Street

                Peterborough, Ontario

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EVENT:   The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations

DATE:      Thursday, July 19, 2018

TIME:       1:00 p.m. EDT (11:00 a.m. MST)

PLACE:   White Buffalo Youth Lodge

                 602 20th Street West

                 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

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EVENT:     The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

DATE:      Thursday, July 19, 2018

TIME:         1:00 p.m. EDT (10:00 a.m. PDT)

PLACE:      Vancouver Phoenix Gymnastics

                    Millennium Sports Centre

                   4588 Clancy Loranger Way

                   Vancouver, British Columbia

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EVENT:   Minister Duclos will visit a playgroup at Reach Out Centre for Kids (ROCK) with the Honourable Karina Gould, Minister of Democratic Institutions and Member of Parliament for Burlington.

DATE:      Thursday, July 19, 2018

TIME:       1:30 p.m. EDT

PLACE:   Reach Out Centre for Kids

471 Pearl Street

Burlington, Ontario

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EVENT:   Minister Duclos will visit a music day camp with the Honourable Bardish Chagger, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Member of Parliament for Waterloo.

DATE:      Thursday, July 19, 2018

TIME:       4:00 p.m. EDT

PLACE:   Waterloo Christian Reformed Church

209 Bearinger Road

Waterloo, Ontario

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Employment and Social Development Canada
819-994-5559
media@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
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