The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity (in French: Ministère du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale) is a government department in the

Canadian province Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

. Its primary function is to promote employment and provide financial support for economically disadvantaged people.Mission
Ministère du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale, accessed 4 April 2018. The department is overseen by the Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity, who is a member of the

Executive Council of Quebec The Executive Council of Quebec (in French, ''le Conseil exécutif du Québec'', but informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Quebec and in French language, French: ''le Conseil des ministres'') is the Cabinet (government), cabinet of the govern ...

. Ministerial responsibility for employment was separated from social solidarity in 2001, and a different minister assigned to each field. The positions were reunited in 2003. As of the 2022 election, they have been split into the Ministry of Employment and Ministry of Social solidarity.

Kateri Champagne Jourdain Kateri Champagne Jourdain is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec The National Assembly of Quebec (officially in french: link=no, Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the legislative body of the province o ...

is the minister of employment while

Chantal Rouleau Chantal Rouleau is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Pointe-aux-Trembles as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec. Prior to h ...

is minister of Social Solidarity.

External links

Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité

References

Employment Employment is a relationship between two parties regulating the provision of paid labour services. Usually based on a contract, one party, the employer, which might be a corporation, a not-for-profit organization, a co-operative, or any othe ...

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