FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
On February 6, 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper amalgamated the responsibilities of the Minister of Social Development into this portfolio, and the Minister is now styled Minister of Human Resources and Social Development. In the Cabinet of Canada, the Minister of Social Development is responsible for overseeing Social Development Canada, the federal governments department concerned with the needs of seniors, children, families and people with disabilities. ...
The current Minister is Diane Finley. Diane Finley (born October 3, 1958 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. ...
List of Canadian Ministers of Human Resources and Skills Development Prior to 2003, responsibilities for this portfolio fell under the Minister of Human Resources Development (List). ...
Paul Martin (born August 28, 1938, in Windsor, Ontario) was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada and is the outgoing leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Canada Steamship Lines, the company he was obliged to dispose of upon assuming the office of Prime Minister, came under fire in the 2006 election for its practice of employing flags of convenience, to avoid taxes.
During his tenure as financeminister, Martin was responsible for lowering Canada's debt-to-GDP ratio from a peak of seventy per cent to about fifty per cent in the mid-1990s.
The Department of HumanResources and SkillsDevelopment, also referred to as HumanResources and SkillsDevelopmentCanada, is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for providing Canadians with the resources and skills needed for the workplace and their community.
In July 2005, Bill C-23, an Act to establish the Department of HumanResources and SkillsDevelopment and Bill C-22, an Act to establish the Department of Social Development and repeal the Department of HumanResourcesDevelopment was given Royal Assent in Canadian Parliament.
In September 2005, the department's service delivery components were transferred to the new Service Canada initiative, which will take over the administration of Employment Insurance and HumanResource Centres of Canada for Students (HRCC-S), in addition to service delivery for other government departments such as [passports].