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Canada’s delegation at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
Canada will be represented at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York on July 19, 2023, by a broad cross-section of Canadian society. Organizations participating in the delegation include:
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Over the past three years the world has faced unprecedented challenges. As we united in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, countries continued to face concurrent crises such as armed conflict, climate change, and economic and food insecurity.
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Minister Gould to lead delegation at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum and present Canada’s progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
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Federal, provincial and territorial ministers most responsible for early learning and child care gathered* today in Iqaluit to discuss and advance shared priorities in early learning and child care. The meeting was co-chaired by the Honourable Karina Gould, Canada’s Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, and the Honourable Natalie Jameson, Prince Edward Island’s Minister of Education and Early Years and Minister responsible for the Status of Women.
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The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Karina Gould, along with Prince Edward Island’s Minister of Education and Lifelong Learning and Minister for the Status of Women, Natalie Jameson, will deliver remarks as co-chairs following the Meeting of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Most Responsible for Early Learning and Child Care, in Iqaluit, Nunavut.
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Today, Parliamentary Secretary, Ya’ara Saks, on behalf of the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Karina Gould, announced funding for two projects through the Early Learning and Child Care Innovation Program.
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Ya’ara Saks, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, will be in Vancouver to announce project funding through the Early Learning and Child Care Innovation Program to improve services for families across Canada.
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Canadians know that child care is not a luxury—it is a necessity. That is why the Government of Canada is working with provincial, territorial and Indigenous partners to create a Canada-wide early learning and child care (ELCC) system that increases access to high-quality, affordable, flexible and inclusive ELCC programs and services.
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The President of the Treasury Board, Mona Fortier, will be in Ottawa to announce the creation of new child care spaces in Ontario as part of the federal government’s investment in a Canada-wide early learning and child care system.
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