| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
For too long, families have faced high monthly child care fees, long wait lists and too few high-quality child care options. That is why the Government of Canada is supporting the implementation of a Canada-wide early learning and child care system, giving children the best possible start and making life more affordable for families across Canada.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Karina Gould, and Ontario’s Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce, will make a major announcement in Toronto on the province’s early learning and child care system.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Karina Gould, will be joining Prince Edward Island’s Minister of Education and Lifelong Learning, Natalie Jameson, for a media tour and announcement in Montague.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
For too long, families have faced high monthly child care fees, long wait lists and too few high-quality child care options. That is why the Government of Canada signed agreements with each province and territory to implement a Canada-wide early learning and child care system, giving children the best possible start in life and making life more affordable for families across Canada.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Employment Insurance (EI) program provides crucial temporary income supports to Canadians in need. When Canadians identify potential discrepancies made regarding their claims or benefits, it’s important that they have access to a client-centric appeal process.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Access to high-quality, affordable, flexible and inclusive child care will grow the economy, allow more women to enter the workforce and help give every child in Canada the best start in life. That’s why the Government of Canada signed agreements with every province and territory to implement a Canada-wide early learning and child care system.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Today, the Minister of Labour, Seamus O’Regan Jr., announced that Canada will be a founding partner in the Multilateral Partnership for Organizing, Worker Empowerment, and Rights Initiative (M-POWER) and a member of its steering committee. M-POWER is a United States-led global initiative to strengthen and support unions and other democratic worker organizations.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Affordable and inclusive early learning and child care is a powerful driver of economic growth and social equality. That’s why the Government of Canada is working with provinces, territories and Indigenous peoples to build an affordable, inclusive and high-quality early learning and child care system for families in Canada. Now, the Government is taking another significant step forward by ensuring the system remains in place long into the future so that generations of children in Canada can get the best possible start in life.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
Backgrounder
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Approximately 2.2 million working age Canadians with disabilities are employed, and an additional 645,000, who are not employed and not in school, have the potential to work and could help fill vacant job positions across the country. Persons with disabilities are disproportionately underrepresented in the labour force and face a range of physical, attitudinal, and institutional barriers that prevent access to the workforce. For these reasons, as part of its Disability Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP), the Government of Canada is taking action to increase accessibility and inclusion in Canadian businesses and workplaces.
