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The Governments of Canada and British Columbia support more healthy meals for kids in British Columbia

| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories

The Honourable Jenna Sudds, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, the Honourable Harjit Sajjan, Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, and the Honourable Lisa Beare, Minister of Education and Child Care for British Columbia, will make an announcement on the National School Food Program.


Toward $10-a-day: An Early Learning and Child Care Backgrounder

| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders

In 2021, the Government of Canada announced an ambitious plan for a $10-a-day early learning and child care system across the country. As part of these investments, we are working with provinces and territories to reduce fees for regulated child care to an average of $10-a-day and create 250,000 new early learning and child care spaces by March 2026.


Minister Beech and Parliamentary Secretary Lauzon to update Canadians on service delivery and announce new improvements to passport services 

| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories

The Honourable Terry Beech, Minister of Citizens’ Services, and Stéphane Lauzon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizens’ Services, will hold a media availability to discuss the release of the first State of Service report, and to announce significant new improvements to passport services.


Healthy meals for kids, savings for families in the Northwest Territories 

| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases

No kid should go to school hungry. And in the Northwest Territories, where food prices are among the highest in the country, getting kids a full breakfast before they head out the door or packing school lunches is not always an easy task. That’s why school food programs are so important. They provide healthy meals to kids throughout the school year. They also save working families hundreds of dollars in grocery bills.


Drawing more doctors and nurses to rural and remote communities through Canada Student Loan forgiveness

| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases

Canada is growing quickly and suddenly, adding strains to healthcare networks across the country but particularly in rural and remote communities where it is harder to attract and retain health care workers. The Government of Canada is taking steps to rectify that and to guarantee that every Canadian has access to health care, no matter where they live.


Helping communities prevent substance-use related harms among youth

| Public Health Agency of Canada | news releases

The Honourable Ya'ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, announced $6 million in funding to support a targeted call for proposals under the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Youth Substance Use Prevention Program (YSUPP).


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