March 3, 2010
MPs Back to Work to Tackle Unfinished Business
The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) is pleased that Members of Parliament are back to work. Now the Government of Canada can make good on a commitment made on 3 December 2009: Ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Read more
July 24, 2009
BOLD FEASIBILITIES:A NEW POLICY SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE FOR CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES
In proposing a new social policy architecture for disability income benefits, this submission has four aims: first, to emphasize the serious problems of poverty facing hundreds of thousands of Canadians with physical and mental disabilities; second, to outline how a new national program of Basic Income for people with severe disabilities would interact with a Refundable Disability Tax Credit as well as existing federal and provincial income programs and tax measures; third, to propose specific reforms to the Employment Insurance Sickness benefit and the Canada Pension Plan Disability program; and, fourth, to identify other initiatives that could comprise an overall federal agenda on disability issues facing Canadians. Read more
August 19, 2009
Review of the Internet Traffic Management Practice of Internet Service Providers
CCD/ARCH submit that people with disabilities are entitled to the freedom to use the Internet as they wish, equally with others.
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More on Our Issues
March 11, 2010
Canada Ratifies United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
March 4, 2010
Dealing with the t-word
March 4, 2010
Working Together on Employment
March 4, 2010
A Medium-Term Sickness/Disability Income Benefit
March 4, 2010
BOLD FEASIBILITIES: A NEW POLICY SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE FOR CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES
March 4, 2010
Disabled girl's family fights order to leave (Monday, February 22, 2010)
Marie White, CCD Chairperson, and Zuhy Sayeed, CACL President, speak out on Parliament Hill in support of an accessible and inclusive Canada.
Weblog
February 19, 2010
Body Scanners: Will They Be Accessible?
CCD is urging the Government of Canada to ensure that Canada's security measures will not adversely impact on travelers with disabilities Read more.
Press Release
March 11, 2010
Canada Ratifies United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Joy and celebration are the two primary emotions felt today by many Canadians with disabilities as the Government of Canada ratifies the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at the United Nations. Canada today pledged to be governed by the CRPD, the newest international human rights treaty which boldly articulates a human rights framework for addressing the exclusion and lack of access people with disabilities have encountered in Canada and in all societies. Read more.