| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
When Canadians have the opportunity to go to school or access training while better balancing family responsibilities, they are better placed to find and keep good jobs. Making post-secondary education more affordable for Canadians is how we will continue to grow our middle class and strengthen our economy.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, announced the appointment of the chairperson, as well as four new members to the National Seniors Council (NSC). The NSC engages with seniors, stakeholders and experts to provide advice to the Government of Canada on matters related to the health, well-being and quality of life of seniors.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
When more people can afford post-secondary education, our economy can grow and our middle class can thrive. That is why the Government of Canada is helping more low- and middle-income families save money for their children’s post-secondary education through the Canada Learning Bond (CLB).
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
Dan Vandal, Member of Parliament for Saint Boniface–Saint Vital (Manitoba), together with the Honourable Scott Fielding Minister of Families for Manitoba, will announce the bilateral Canada and Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care agreement.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
Jonathan Wilkinson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, together with the Honourable Katrine Conroy, British Columbia Minister of Children and Family Development, will announce the bilateral Canada and British Columbia Early Learning and Child Care agreement.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, will visit the Boys and Girls Clubs of Thunder Bay to highlight how the Government of Canada is helping more parents save for their children’s post-secondary education.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Building a strong middle class means giving Canada’s youth the tools they need to find and keep good jobs. Today, Yvonne Jones, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, on behalf of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, announced a new project that will give youth in Quebec’s Nunavik region job skills training and hands-on work experience.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
The Canada Learning Bond (CLB) is money that the Government of Canada deposits directly in Registered Education Savings Plans for children from low-income families, born in 2004 or later, to help pay for their post-secondary education. The CLB provides an initial payment of $500 plus $100 for each year of eligibility, up to age 15, for a maximum of $2,000. Personal contributions are not required to receive the CLB.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
When more people can afford post-secondary education, our economy can grow and our middle class can thrive. That is why the Government of Canada is helping more low- and middle-income families save money for their children’s post-secondary education through the Canada Learning Bond.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
Through the engagement process the Government reached out through in-person roundtables, public town halls and online forums. Thousands of Canadians responded with surveys, shared stories and email submissions. The department compiled research information and feedback from First Nations, Inuit and Métis people, academics, researchers, stakeholders, service delivery organizations, youth and people with lived experience of poverty.
