| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
The Age Well at Home initiative is a new federal grants and contributions program. The funding supports projects that enable seniors to age in place by providing support under two streams:
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Seniors, Kamal Khera, will be in Ottawa to announce the launch of a new initiative, Age Well at Home, which will provide seniors with the supportive help they need to ensure that they can stay in their homes as they age.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
When everyone can participate fully in all aspects of society, our communities thrive, our economy prospers and all Canadians benefit. That is why the Government of Canada is investing to ensure accessibility and disability inclusion is prioritized in Canadian communities and workplaces.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
2020-2022 EAF Small Projects component funded projects:
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Labour, Seamus O’Regan Jr., will be attending the 110th Session of the International Labour Conference on June 7 and 8, 2022, in Geneva, Switzerland.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Canada Disability Benefit Bill, (An Act to reduce poverty and to support the financial security of persons with disabilities by establishing the Canada disability benefit and making a consequential amendment to the Income Tax Act), is expected to be tabled in the House of Commons shortly after 10:00 am ET today. Minister Qualtrough will hold a press conference immediately after the tabling in the foyer.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Carla Qualtrough, will be in Montréal to highlight the Government of Canada’s investment in accessibility and disability inclusion in communities and workplaces.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada is committed to the social and economic inclusion of persons with disabilities. Working-age persons with disabilities in Canada are twice as likely to live in poverty as those without. That is why the Government is taking action to reduce poverty and support the financial security of persons with disabilities.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
The Government of Canada has reintroduced legislation to create a new Canada Disability Benefit (CDB). The purpose of the proposed benefit is to reduce poverty and support the financial security of working-age persons with disabilities.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Child care is not just a social policy—it is an economic policy, too. Access to high-quality, affordable, flexible and inclusive child care will grow the economy, allow more women to enter the workforce and help give every Canadian child the best start in life. While reducing child care fees is important, it is just one part of the equation. That is why the governments of Canada and Nova Scotia are working together to increase the number of licensed child care spaces available in the province.
