| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
When women have equal opportunities to succeed, they are powerful agents of change—driving strong economic growth and improving the quality of life for their families and their communities. Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, helped mark the first-ever Gender Equality Week by announcing that the Government of Canada intends to launch the new parental sharing benefit on March 17, 2019. This is much earlier than planned and a big step towards promoting greater gender equality at home and in the workplace.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| backgrounders
Employment Insurance (EI) parental benefits are available to EI-eligible parents, allowing either parent to take time off work to care for a newborn or newly adopted child. The most common scenario in Canada, however, is the mother taking on the primary caregiving responsibilities. While the second parent may take on many household and caregiving responsibilities, child care duties continue to fall disproportionately to mothers, both in the short term following the arrival of their child, and over the longer term, often due to the challenges of re entering the workforce after time spent away.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
When women have equal opportunities to succeed, they are powerful agents of change—driving strong economic growth and improving the quality of life for their families and their communities. Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, helped mark the first-ever Gender Equality Week by announcing that the Government of Canada intends to launch the new parental sharing benefit on March 17, 2019. This is much earlier than planned and a big step towards promoting greater gender equality at home and in the workplace.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, will participate in the Mississauga Board of Trade luncheon, where she will speak about how Canada’s economy grows when young people get the education and experience they need to succeed.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, will discuss how the Government of Canada is improving the Employment Insurance parental benefit to help promote economic growth and improve the quality of life of families and communities.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
Thirty-year-old Emily VanToever has received $1,500 to study the aquatic species in her community and demonstrate that they are at risk. The funding comes from Canada Service Corps; a program that gives inspired youth a boost towards improving communities across Canada.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| backgrounders
The Employment Insurance (EI) program provides temporary income support to replace lost employment income for individuals who are off work due to pregnancy and childbirth, and caring for a newborn or newly adopted child.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
Today, millions of Canadians provide informal care and support for seriously ill family members. That is why in Budget 2017 the Government of Canada announced a commitment to support family caregivers with Employment Insurance benefits that are more flexible, inclusive and easier to access.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, will announce how the Government of Canada is improving Employment Insurance parental benefits to help promote economic growth and improve the quality of life of families and communities.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, will discuss how the Government of Canada is providing better support for workers who need to take time off work to care for family members, by improving Employment Insurance benefits.
