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April 24, 2018
S.A. v. Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation
On April 25, 2018, the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) is intervening in a very important case before the Supreme Court of Canada. This case could have a significant impact on persons with disabilities, affecting their autonomy, independence and inclusion. The case is called S.A. v. Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation. It raises the question: can absolute discretionary trusts, also known as Henson Trusts, be taken into account in eligibility criteria for social programs, like a housing subsidy or social assistance? Read more
March 14, 2018
Transportation Modernization Act (Bill C-49)
CCD has made submissions respecting the Transportation Modernization Act (Bill C-49) to the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications. On March 20, 2018, Bob Brown, Chairperson, CCD Transportation Committee, and Terrance Green, Co-Chair, CCD Transportation Committee, will be appearing before the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications.
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March 15, 2018
Bill C-49 Empowers Goliath and Takes Away David's Sling Shot
Bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act, will make some aspects of Canada’s federally regulated transportation system more inaccessible than it already is for people with disabilities. Travelers with disabilities routinely encounter accessibility barriers, such as damaged or delayed mobility equipment, kiosks without audio output to make them accessible to blind travelers. If passed without amendment, Bill C-49 while adding new barriers, will also make it harder for organizations like the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, a national organization that has been working for more than 40 years in support on an accessible and inclusive transportation system, to take complaints in the public interest to the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA). “We are dismayed that Bill C-49 is introducing new barriers at a time when the current Federal Government is about to introduce accessibility legislation designed to make Canada more accessible and inclusive,” states Bob Brown, Chairperson of the CCD Transportation Committee. On March 20, 2018, CCD will be appearing before the Senate Committee on transportation calling for the removal of these new barriers to mobility of persons with disabilities in the federally regulated transportation. Read more
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April 23, 2018
Roundtable on Social and Economic Inclusion: Views of Canadian Seniors
April 23, 2018
Delta Airlines Inc. v Gábor Lukács: CCD Makes a Difference at the Supreme Court of Canada
April 17, 2018
NATIONAL DISABILITY ORGANIZATION DISAPPOINTED BY IMMIGRATION MINISTER'S RESPONSE ON EXCESSIVE DEMANDS CLAUSE
April 10, 2018
Disability and Immigration Rights Groups Call on Immigration Minister to "Do the Right Thing"
February 27, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY
January 24, 2018
Not Much Real Change Coming to Canada Post Service
Hon. Carla Qualtrough, MP, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, and James Hicks, CCD National Coordinator, at the 2015 December 3rd celebration, hosted by the Minister and CCD helped coordinate.
November 22, 2011
Celebrating Our Accomplishments
We have produced this booklet both to celebrate our success and to help others understand the contribution of the disability rights movement in Canada.
Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon, far left, observes as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, second from left, meets members of the Canadian delegation, including CCD's Steve Estey. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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April 29, 2018
S.A. v. Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation Case
The case is called S.A. v. Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation. It raises the question: can absolute discretionary trusts, also known as Henson Trusts, be taken into account in eligibility criteria for social programs, like a housing subsidy or social assistance? Read more.
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April 24, 2018
S.A. v. Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation
On April 25, 2018, the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) is intervening in a very important case before the Supreme Court of Canada. This case could have a significant impact on persons with disabilities, affecting their autonomy, independence and inclusion. The case is called S.A. v. Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation. It raises the question: can absolute discretionary trusts, also known as Henson Trusts, be taken into account in eligibility criteria for social programs, like a housing subsidy or social assistance? Read more.