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Backgrounder: Government of Canada taking next steps in banning asbestos to protect workers’ health and safety 

| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders

On December 15, 2016, the Government of Canada announced a broader government strategy to ban asbestos and asbestos-containing products by 2018. In addition to the amendments to occupational health and safety regulations on asbestos announced today, the approach includes new regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, updates to national building codes to prohibit the use of asbestos in new construction and renovation projects across Canada and support for listing chrysotile asbestos to the Rotterdam Convention as a hazardous material. The goal of the asbestos ban is to reduce the incidence of asbestos-related diseases over time.


Government of Canada taking next steps in banning asbestos to protect workers’ health and safety 

| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases

When Canadian workers can count on safe, healthy working conditions, employers and employees alike thrive. Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, announced that, as part of the Government of Canada’s comprehensive ban on asbestos, it is enhancing the Canada Labour Code for workers by lowering the exposure to airborne chrysotile asbestos to as close to zero as possible.


Government of Canada helps address homelessness in the Montréal area

| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases

Homelessness is a reality that individuals, families and communities face together on a daily basis. The Government of Canada is striving to promote collaboration between governments, communities, the private sector and not-for-profit organizations to help reduce and prevent homelessness across Canada.


Backgrounder - Homelessness Partnering Strategy

| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders

La Stratégie des partenariats de lutte contre l’itinérance (SPLI) est un programme communautaire unique qui vise à prévenir et à réduire l’itinérance en offrant un financement afin de lutter collectivement contre l’itinérance. Grâce à la Stratégie des partenariats de lutte contre l’itinérance, les organismes admissibles et les autres demandeurs admissibles peuvent recevoir des fonds pour réaliser des projets de prévention et de réduction de l’itinérance au Canada. Ces projets sont financés par l’entremise de volets de financement des projets régionaux ou nationaux.


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