| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, will visit the Stork Family YMCA to announce funding that will increase accessibility to recreational activities for people with disabilities.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development; along with the Honourable Stephen McNeil, Premier of Nova Scotia and Zach Churchill, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, will announce the bilateral Canada/Nova Scotia Early Learning and Child Care agreement.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, will visit southwestern Ontario on Tuesday, January 9, 2018.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
“The delays Canadians experience during the appeal process at all levels at the Social Security Tribunal (SST) are unacceptable. To identify improvements, I commissioned a review of the overall appeal process. The SST Review Report is now available.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Canada’s future prosperity depends on young Canadians getting the education and experience they’ll need to succeed in their careers, keeping our economy growing and our middle class thriving.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
When internationally trained newcomers can get Canadian work experience in their field, they are better positioned to be able to find good jobs, join the middle class, and contribute to our growing economy.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
In a knowledge-based economy and society, strong essential skills are critical in helping adult Canadians find and keep good quality jobs.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada is working to ensure greater accessibility and opportunities for Canadians with disabilities in their communities and workplaces. The Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, today launched a call for expressions of interest under the renewed 2017 Social Development Partnership Program – Disability (SDPP-D). The call is open to not-for-profit organizations with a national reach and whose primary mandate is on the inclusion of people with disabilities.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
Since spring 2016, the SDPP-D has undergone a Program renewal. The goal of the renewal was to design a program that is current and relevant to the disability community, and that supports the capacity of the disability sector as a whole. As part of this renewal, the Department developed a performance and accountability framework informed by the disability community. The framework will address the following four objectives: fairness, transparency, predictability and accountability, and will offer more operational predictability and stability.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
René Arseneault, Member of Parliament for Madawaska–Restigouche, will make an announcement about how the Government of Canada will support manufacturers in central and eastern Canada in developing new training models to help their employees succeed at work.
