63. The Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity must facilitate the integration of handicapped persons into the labour market by formulating, coordinating, monitoring and assessing a strategy for the integration and continued employment of handicapped persons, and by establishing result-based objectives. The objectives must be determined in cooperation with labour and employers’ groups.
The Office, the Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l’Occupation du territoire, the Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport, the Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche, de la Science et de la Technologie, the Ministère du Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation, the Ministère des Finances, the Ministère de la Justice, the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, the Ministère des Transports, the Ministère du Travail and the secretariat of the Conseil du trésor, in particular, shall be partners in this work.
The Minister may consult one or more organizations dedicated to promoting the interests of handicapped persons.
Before 17 December 2007, the Minister, in cooperation with the Office and the other ministers concerned, must submit a progress report to the Government.
The Minister shall table the report in the National Assembly within the next 30 days or, if the Assembly is not sitting, within 30 days of resumption.
Not later than 17 December 2009, the Minister must review the strategy, assess and measure the employment situation of handicapped persons, the actions implemented as a result of the strategy and the effects of the strategy, and report to the Government on those matters. The report must also make recommendations on the integration and continued employment of handicapped persons.
The Minister shall table the report in the National Assembly within the next 30 days or, if the Assembly is not sitting, within 30 days of resumption.
1978, c. 7, s. 63; 1981, c. 23, s. 16; 2004, c. 31, s. 42; 2005, c. 24, s. 37; 2005, c. 28, s. 195, s. 196; 2006, c. 8, s. 31; 2007, c. 3, s. 69; 2009, c. 26, s. 109; 2013, c. 28, s. 202; 2016, c. 25, s. 8.