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Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour , March 28, 2014 - Fredericton
New labour market agreements to benefit persons with disabilities
The provincial government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the federal government introducing a new generation of labour market agreements for persons with disabilities totaling nearly $48 million. Photo shows members of the New Brunswick Disability Executives’ Network with government minsters: Front row, from left: Social Development Minister Madeleine Dubé; Chrystine Allain, Premier’s Council on the Status of Disabled Persons; Healthy and Inclusive Communities Minister Dorothy Shephard; Denise Coward, CNIB, and Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister Jody Carr. Second row, from left: Diana Hall, Neil Squire Society; Lynn LeBlanc, Saint John Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services and South East Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services; Bev Grasse, Neil Squire Society; and Tracy Ryan, Muscular Dystrophy Canada. Back row, from left: Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Marie-Claude Blais; Kevin Symes, Canadian Deafblind Association New Brunswick; and Jonathan Lister, New Brunswick Association for Community Living.