| Employment and Social Development Canada | speeches
Hello everyone, and thank you very much to Mrs. Blouin for that nice introduction. What a pleasure to be with you today! First of all, I would like to respectfully acknowledge that the lands on which we gather today are the traditional lands of the Algonquin people
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
As Canada’s Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, I have a mandate to implement measures in support of seniors. In this regard, I would like to acknowledge and raise awareness about elder abuse on this day, June 15, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
As Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, I am making this statement this morning following the release of UNICEF’s report on the situation of children in Canada in 2014. Canada is a prosperous country that cannot tolerate seeing its children experience poverty and abuse.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
On May 24, 2016, the Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action was endorsed by 101 stakeholders at the United Nations World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul. The Charter aims to significantly improve living conditions of people with disabilities during emergencies.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
GLAD are a group of like-minded partners who recognize that to realize the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to leave no one behind, and to further the principles reflected in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the international community needs to work together to share expertise, coordinate actions, and raise the profile of disability across a broader range of organizations contributing to international development efforts.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
From June 13 to 15, 2017, the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, represented Canada at the 10th session of the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in New York.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, and the Honourable Indira Naidoo-Harris, Minister of the Status of Women and Minister Responsible for Early Years and Child Care for Ontario, will make an announcement regarding Early Learning and Child Care.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Fair and balanced labour relations contribute to a growing economy, in which middle-class Canadian workers and their families can thrive. The Government of Canada has faith in, and respect for, the collective bargaining process, and today has ratified the United Nations’ International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Convention 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | speeches
This year’s conference theme of Human Rights and Constitutionalism is very fitting. When we speak of human rights and constitutionalism, one of the most informed persons on this matter in Canada is Mr. Roger Tassé, the father of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Today, Michael McLeod, Member of Parliament for Northwest Territories, on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, thanked the Government of the Northwest Territories, the City of Yellowknife and all participants for taking part in the Tackling Poverty Together (TPT) Project in the community of Yellowknife. The Government of Canada is committed to tackling poverty and inequality to achieve real results.
