| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities and Member of Parliament for Delta, encouraged eligible British Columbia employers today to take advantage of a newly enhanced Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program that will create up to double the number of available student jobs.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, will highlight changes to the 2016 Canada Summer Jobs program.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, along with the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (Youth), Peter Schiefke, will be available to media to answer questions following an event with the Prime Minister.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Federal, provincial and territorial social services ministers met today to discuss key social issues that matter to Canadians, such as reducing poverty, supporting high quality early learning and child care services, improving outcomes for Indigenous children and youth and removing and preventing barriers for people with disabilities.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, federal Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, and the Honourable Irfan Sabir, Alberta Minister of Human Services, will co-chair a meeting of federal–provincial/territorial ministers responsible for social services in Edmonton.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
Statement from the Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour and Shirley Bond, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
Following the tabling of the 2015 Fall Report of the Auditor General of Canada, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, issued the following statement: "This situation is not acceptable. The Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPPD) program is supposed to be there to support Canadians facing a severe and prolonged disability. These are some of the most vulnerable Canadians, many of them facing very difficult circumstances. We must do better for them.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk, P.C., M.P., Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, and her Parliamentary Secretary, M.P. Rodger Cuzner, along with Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Pablo Rodriguez, today announced that legislation to repeal Bills C-377 and C-525 has been introduced. If passed, this will help restore balance in workplace relations.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour will make an announcement related to a Government commitment.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
For the first time in 10 years, federal, provincial and territorial social services ministers from across Canada will meet on February 4 and 5 in Edmonton, Alberta, to share information, establish priorities and determine a plan to move forward on common goals.
