Thank you.
Once again, thanks to this committee. All through the Accessible Canada Act journey and into the Canada disability benefit journey, you've been there and you've constantly worked together and made these laws, these bills, better.
There is lots going on in the disability space with the Government of Canada. Of course, I refer to the disability inclusion action plan and the four pillars there.
The first pillar is financial security. The big one is our Canada disability benefit legislation, which is now in the Senate, and I hope it passes as quickly and thoughtfully through that chamber as it did through ours.
The second pillar is employment. First, we're developing an employment strategy of $227 million, announced in last year's budget, a portion of which is requested in these supplementary estimates.
The third one is accessible and inclusive communities. That's really the barrier removal part of the equation with the Accessible Canada Act, the work that Accessibility Standards Canada is doing and the work through the enabling accessibility fund to make spaces more physically accessible. Then, of course, there's the communications work we're doing to make written materials more accessible and to overall improve accessibility, really focusing on barrier removal under that pillar.
Fourth is what we're calling a modern approach to government. This is the idea that Canadians deserve programs and eligibility processes and services that are disability friendly and disability inclusive. We're really taking a look across government to infuse a modern, dignified approach to disability so that everyone can get equitable access and service from their government.