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Canada’s first poverty reduction target met three years ahead of schedule

| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements

“Today, Statistics Canada released results from the 2017 Canadian Income Survey. This is the first release of such data since the Government of Canada launched Opportunity for All – Canada’s First Poverty Reduction Strategy, which targets a 20 percent reduction in poverty by 2020, and a 50 percent reduction by 2030, relative to 2015 levels.


Government of Canada funds innovative project to help more women succeed in the skilled trades

| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases

Giving every Canadian a fair chance at success means helping them get the skills and training they need to succeed in a changing economy. The skilled trades are good, well-paying, middle-class jobs, and the Government of Canada supports key groups, including women, Indigenous people, newcomers and persons with disabilities, to work in the trades by funding projects led by unions and other organizations.


Minister Duclos in Gatineau to announce commitment to reduce homelessness 

| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories

The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), and the Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Indigenous Services, will announce measures taken by the Government of Canada to ensure that Indigenous peoples living across the country will have safe and affordable housing


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2017-05-26