| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Every Canadian deserves a comfortable, safe, and secure retirement. However, many Canadians often lack information on how public pensions work, or delay planning for retirement until later in life. When money is stretched thin, tough decisions become a daily reality. We know that people in these situations are often doing their best to balance their immediate needs with long-term stability.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Canadians across the country deserve and expect reliable health care. That’s just as true in urban cities as it is in rural and remote communities where far too many people face steep barriers to care. Ending that divide requires investing in the people who deliver essential services, no matter where they live.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Jenna Sudds, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, joined by the Honourable Terry Duguid, Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, and the Honourable Tracy Schmidt, Manitoba’s Minister of Education and Early Childhood Learning, will announce the creation of new affordable child care spaces in Winnipeg.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
The Investments in Training Equipment funding stream, part of the Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy, helps unions and training providers improve the quality of training through the purchase of equipment and materials that meet the latest industry standards, or by investing in new technology needed to train workers in the Red Seal trades. These 10 projects were assessed and approved through open calls for proposals in 2022 and 2023.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Today, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour Steven MacKinnon highlighted funding of more than $1.5 million to seven regional organizations in support of 10 separate projects. The funding will allow these organizations to purchase better equipment and materials that will help them deliver quality training and that meet the latest industry standards. These projects are part of an earlier announcement of 114 projects under the Investments in Training Equipment funding stream.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, Steven MacKinnon, will be in Nova Scotia to announce funding to recruit and train more skilled trade apprentices.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Canadians deserve to age with dignity. That comes down to choice, affordability, inclusion, and community. The New Horizons for Seniors Program creates those opportunities for seniors to be more connected, supported and active members of their communities.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
The Age Well at Home initiative is a one-time federal grants and contributions initiative.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Today, Canada’s Minister of Seniors, Joanne Thompson, announced $1.57 million in funding for three pilot projects in Manitoba. The Minister was joined by Kevin Lamoureux, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg North and Ben Carr, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South Centre. These projects mobilize volunteers to help low-income and otherwise vulnerable seniors in their homes. They were selected after an open call for proposals under the Age Well at Home initiative’s In-Home Support Pilot Project stream.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Today, the honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth and Irek Kusmierczyk, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages and Member of Parliament for Windsor – Tecumseh announced approximately $2 million in funding to Black Kids in Action Performing Art Group for their Investing in our Youth to Champion Success for the Future project for the next two fiscal years.
