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Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) was a Ministry of the Cabinet of Canada. It was divided into the current Ministry of Social Development and Ministry of Public Works and Government Services by Prime Minister Paul Martin. The last Minister of Human Resources Development Canada was Jane Stewart who succeeded Pierre Pettigrew.
The ministry was first created in 1994 as part of Jean Chretien and then finance minister Paul Martin's cost cutting efforts. It merged many of Canada's social programs into one department. This new department had one of the largest budgets and wide ranging responsibilities. The ministry became famous in 2000 for its poor accounting practices when the Canadian Alliance alleged a billion dollars worth of employment grants could not be accounted for. The ministry was dissolved mostly because of the lasting taint from this scandal. See also 2004 Canadian sponsorship scandal
HRDC was based, and its successors still are, at the government facilities at Tunney's Pasture in Ottawa.
