| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development tabled the Employment Insurance Service Quality Review Report. 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, will release it publicly at the press conference.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has reached an important settlement agreement resolving a complaint before the Canadian Human Rights Commission filed in 2012 by Christin Milloy with respect to its practice of collecting sex and gender information for the Social Insurance Number (SIN) program and the Social Insurance Register.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
Summer work experience for students helps them prepare for good, well-paying jobs as they start their careers-strengthening our middle class and keeping our economy growing.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
Today, the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, visited the Centre for Child Development of the Lower Mainland to announce the approval of 573 Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF) projects. The Minister highlighted how these projects will help strengthen the Government of Canada's commitment to ensuring greater accessibility and opportunity for Canadians with disabilities in their communities and workplaces.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, will announce Government of Canada funding that will enhance accessibility and opportunity for Canadians with disabilities in their communities and workplaces.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, will deliver a speech regarding poverty and homelessness in Montréal.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
The Government of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) have partnered to provide more in-person services to individuals living in the Northwest Territories. Starting today, the governments have launched a 12-month service delivery pilot, in which GNWT employees at single points of service will provide in-person services for Service Canada in the communities of Fort Providence, Fort Liard and Tuktoyaktuk.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, announced today that the Agreement on Social Security between the Government of Canada and the Government of the People's Republic of China will come into force on January 1, 2017.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
Starting next month, the Employment Insurance (EI) waiting period will be shortened from two weeks to one week. This measure is part of the Government of Canada's robust plan to improve the EI program and help Canada's middle class and those working hard to join it.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| statements
Today, the Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, made the following statement:
"I am pleased to receive and share with Canadians the interim report of the Expert Panel on Youth Employment. Our government knows that prosperity for the middle class will increasingly depend on young Canadians getting the tools they need to access the jobs of today and of tomorrow. The Expert Panel on Youth Employment is examining the barriers young people face, including vulnerable youth, in finding and keeping jobs. They will be putting forward bold, innovative ideas to break down these barriers.
