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The Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, and the Honourable Krista Lynn Howell, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Minister of Education, will announce measures to increase access to early learning and child care in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Families across Canada rely on access to high-quality, affordable, and inclusive child care. That is why the federal government and Manitoba are working together to create more early learning and child-care spaces to meet the needs of children and families no matter where they live.

Today, the Honourable Jenna Sudds, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, and the Honourable Bill Hogan, New Brunswick’s Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, announced a three-year action plan to improve and expand early learning and child care services across the province.

The Honourable Jenna Sudds, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, will visit and meet with employees of Le Petit Voilier in Bedford, Nova Scotia to highlight investments in early learning and child care to better support young families.

Today, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, convened representatives from Canada’s largest business associations with one clear message: the TFW Program cannot be used to circumvent hiring talented workers in Canada, and the federal government will continue to take action to weed out misuse and fraud within the system.

The Government of Canada is committed to building a fairer country for every generation, where all Canadians have the opportunity to participate and succeed, regardless of their identity or ability. Addressing the barriers experienced by persons with disabilities in securing and keeping good jobs is an important part of this effort, and a way to strengthen Canada’s workforce and economy.

The Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities, Kamal Khera, will be in Toronto to make an announcement regarding the Employment Strategy for Canadians with Disabilities.

The Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment Workforce development and Official Language, the Honourable Ya’ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addiction and Associate Minister of Health and Member of Parliament Marco Mendicino will make an announcement to help support and retain members of Canada’s health workforce.

Today, the Minister for Seniors, Seamus O’Regan Jr., is inviting Canadians 55 and over who identify as Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or intersex, and those who identify as members of sexually and gender diverse communities, to participate in the Government of Canada’s online consultation to help them age in their communities and on their terms.

The Government of Canada is creating generational fairness by creating opportunities for young Canadians to get the skills they need for well-paying jobs. Canada