| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Canadians deserve to age with dignity. That comes down to choice, to affordability, to inclusion, and to community.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Labour and Seniors, Seamus O’Regan Jr., will speak about how the Government of Canada is supporting seniors at the Canadian Association of Retired Persons Annual General Meeting in Toronto.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Jenna Sudds, will join Northwest Territories’ Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Caitlin Cleveland, for an announcement in Yellowknife.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
The Honourable Seamus O’Regan Jr., Minister of Labour, today issued the following statement for World Day of Social Justice.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Across Canada, Canadians are facing labour shortages and the demand for qualified workers continues to grow. Long wait times and difficulty finding a family physician are far too common for people across the country. That is why the Government of Canada is investing to speed up accreditation for internationally educated health professionals (IEHPs).
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Rechie Valdez, Minister of Small Business, will be in Whitehorse, joined by the Honourable Ranj Pillai, Premier of the Yukon and the Honourable Tracy-Anne McPhee, Minister of Health and Social Services for Yukon, to announce funding through the Foreign Credential Recognition Program that will provide internationally educated health professionals with the support and experience they need to pursue opportunities in Canada’s health care sector.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Families across Canada know that affordable 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 implement a Canada-wide early learning and child care (ELCC) system that will bring fees for regulated child care across the country down to $10-a-day on average by March 2026.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, the Honourable Jenna Sudds, will join Nova Scotia’s Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, the Honourable Becky Druhan, to announce an early learning and child care action plan in Halifax.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Accessibility is a key component of communities that thrive and an economy that grows. Since the significant milestone of passing the Accessible Canada Act, the Government of Canada has been fully engaged in creating a barrier-free country and ensuring the full participation of all Canadians in society, particularly persons with disabilities.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, announced that the policy to increase loan forgiveness by 50% is now in effect for doctors and nurses working in under-served rural and remote communities.
