| Employment and Social Development Canada | speeches
Since taking on the role as Canada's first ever Minister responsible for Persons with Disabilities, I've been reminded and truly inspired by young people like you who are determined to take action and make a real change when it comes to equity within our society.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Canadian Armed Forces are continuing to provide assistance to New Brunswick's relief efforts in some of the hardest hit parts of the Acadian Peninsula, including the islands of Lamèque and Miscou, and will begin to draw-down the military presence in those areas where the Province has announced that remaining relief efforts are within provincial and municipal capabilities.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan and the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Jonathan Vance, will travel to Washington, D.C., for meetings with their counterparts.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Federal, Provincial and Territorial (FPT) Ministers Responsible for Social Services, co-chaired by the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, federal Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, and the Honourable Joanne Bernard, Nova Scotia Minister of Community Services, met today in Toronto to discuss their shared interest in ensuring all Canadians can contribute to, and benefit from, an inclusive and prosperous society.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
The Sustainment Initiative is a new way of contracting private-sector maintenance and support services for military equipment.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Ex-Petty Officer, 2nd Class (Ex-PO2) James Wilks has been found guilty of three counts of breach of trust and one count of sexual assault by a General Court Martial in Gatineau, Quebec.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, and the Honourable Joanne Bernard, Nova Scotia Minister of Community Services, will co-chair a meeting of federal-provincial/territorial ministers responsible for social services in Toronto.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada is committed to providing the sailors of the Royal Canadian Navy with the modern, functional facilities they need to complete important operational missions on behalf of Canadians.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development announced a call for nominations for an Advisory Committee of experts and stakeholders in the field of homelessness to support the renewal of the Homelessness Partnering Strategy. In his capacity as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development (Housing and Urban Affairs) and Member of Parliament for Spadina-Fort York, Adam Vaughan will chair the Advisory Committee.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada today released the Employment Insurance Service Quality Review Report, which was a review of how Service Canada delivers the Employment Insurance (EI) program. The three Panel members who led the review, Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary for Status of Women, Rodger Cuzner, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, and Rémi Massé, Member of Parliament for Avignon–La Mitis–Matane–Matapédia, presented the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development with the report on Jan 31, 2017.
