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Bill C-272

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 05, 2022
Employing Persons with Disabilities Act
  • Bill C-272, also known as the Employing Persons with Disabilities Act, aims to develop a national employment strategy to increase the economic participation of individuals with disabilities. The Minister of Employment and Social Development will work with representatives from provincial governments to develop this strategy. The strategy will focus on educating business owners and employers about the potential contributions of individuals with disabilities, correcting misconceptions about employing them, promoting inclusive hiring practices, and promoting the Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities. The Minister will also hold at least one conference with provincial government representatives to aid in the development of the strategy. The Minister will prepare a report on the national strategy within two years of the Act receiving royal assent, which will then be tabled in Parliament and published on the Department of Employment
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-272
An Act respecting the development of a national employment strategy for persons with disabilities
FIRST READING, May 5, 2022

Mr. Davies
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SUMMARY

This enactment provides for the development of a national employment strategy to increase the economic participation of persons with disabilities.

Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca


1st Session, 44th Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-272

An Act respecting the development of a national employment strategy for persons with disabilities

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

Short Title

Short title

1 This Act may be cited as the Employing Persons with Disabilities Act.

National Strategy

National strategy

2 (1) The Minister of Employment and Social Development, in consultation with representatives of the provincial governments responsible for matters relating to employment, must develop a national strategy to increase the economic participation of persons with disabilities that includes measures to

  • (a) educate business owners and private sector employers about the potential of persons with disabilities to contribute to the workforce;

  • (b) correct the misconceptions that exist in workplaces about employing persons with disabilities;

  • (c) encourage private sector employers to adopt inclusive hiring practices; and

  • (d) promote the Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities.

Conference

(2) For the purpose of developing the national strategy, the Minister must hold at least one conference with representatives of the provincial governments responsible for matters relating to employment.

Report to Parliament

3 (1) Before the second anniversary of the day on which this Act receives royal assent, the Minister of Employment and Social Development must prepare a report setting out the national strategy and cause the report to be tabled in each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the report is completed.

Publication of report

(2) The Minister must publish the report on the website of the Department of Employment and Social Development within 10 days after the day on which the report is tabled in both Houses of Parliament.

Review and Report

Report on effectiveness

4 Within five years after the report referred to in section 3 is tabled and every five years after that, the Minister of Employment and Social Development must prepare a report on the effectiveness of the national strategy, setting out the Minister’s conclusions and recommendations regarding the strategy, and cause the report to be tabled in each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the report is completed.

Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons