| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Canada is a prosperous country, but 3 million Canadians live in poverty. The Government of Canada believes that every Canadian deserves a real and fair chance at success and is determined to help more Canadians join the middle class and stay there.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
Anthony Rota, Member of Parliament for Nipissing–Timiskaming, will make an announcement about how the Government of Canada will help Indigenous peoples find and keep good jobs.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, will host the National Poverty Conference.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, will deliver remarks at Beyond Labels: The Canadian Human Rights Commission’s 2017 Human Rights Symposium.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, will attend a screening of the film Us and Them, an inspiring documentary about the realities of homelessness in Canada. The filmmaker, Krista Loughton, will also be in attendance.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Every Canadian deserves a real and fair chance at success and achieving their full potential. That is why the Government of Canada is committed to developing a Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy to help more Canadians join the middle class and stay there.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
On June 12, 2017, Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Early Learning and Child Care signed a Multilateral Early Learning and Child Care Framework. This is a significant milestone in which governments agree to work together to address some of the key early learning and child care issues across the country.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada is making significant investments in early learning and child care systems to improve the lives of Canadian children and their families. Today, on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Adam Vaughan, the Parliamentary Secretary and the Honourable Paul Aarulaaq Quassa, Minister of Education, announced a three-year bilateral agreement that reaffirms their commitment and support of the unique early learning and child care needs of Nunavut.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
Adam Vaughan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development (Housing and Urban Affairs), and Paul Quassa, Minister of Education and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Aggu, will make an announcement regarding early learning and child care.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Seniors make significant and valuable contributions to their families, communities and society. The Government of Canada remains committed to empowering seniors across Canada so they can contribute to and share in the prosperity of the country.
