| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Every child deserves the best start in life—this begins with access to quality meals at school, so that they are ready to learn. That’s why the Government of Canada is creating a National School Food Program to help provinces, territories and Indigenous partners to expand and enhance their school food programming so they can reach even more children.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Jenna Sudds, will make an announcement on the National School Food Program in Ottawa.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
The Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities issued the following statement.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
Minister of Citizens’ Services, Terry Beech, today issued the following statement regarding the audit of the Digital Validation of Identity to Access Services by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) as part of the overall performance audits of Government Services and Programs:
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
Today, Steven MacKinnon, Minister of Seniors, issued the following statement regarding the audit of Programs to Assist Seniors by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) as part of the overall performance audits of Government Services and Programs:
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
Following the tabling of the 2024 Fall Report of the Auditor General of Canada, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, issued the following statement.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
By empowering local organizations to help break down barriers to accessibility, the Government of Canada is helping to ensure that more Canadians with disabilities can access the services and programs they need and fully participate in their communities.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada is committed to greater social equity and gender equality. Today at the Sustainable Finance Forum, the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Jenna Sudds announced the launch of the Pilot Social Equity Lens Investment (SELI) Coding System. This new tool is a taxonomy that will define, assess, and track progress toward the Social Finance Fund's investment targets of advancing social equity and gender equality. The Pilot SELI Coding System will be used to ensure that the Government of Canada is meeting its social equity and gender equality goals when it comes to investing in social finance initiatives. Indigenous reconciliation has been integrated as a foundational principle within the Pilot SELI Coding System.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Federal, provincial and territorial ministers* most responsible for early learning and child care gathered today in Charlottetown to advance shared priorities. The meeting was co-chaired by the Honourable Jenna Sudds, Canada’s Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, and the Honourable Rob Lantz, Prince Edward Island’s Minister of Education and Early Years.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The President of the Treasury Board, Minister of Transport and Member of Parliament for Oakville, the Honourable Anita Anand, will be in Oakville to highlight funding for a national guide and service dog training school, under the Enabling Accessibility Fund program.
