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Press
From time to time, CCD issues press releases, to bring public attention to timely and newsworthy issues.
Recent Press Releases
2017
July 28, 2017
CCD Alarmed by Blatant Disregard of MAID Legislation
January 25, 2017
Media Advisory: CCD Available to Comment on "Mary Kills People"
2016
December 23, 2016
Canada to Ratify CRPD's Optional Protocol
December 17, 2016
Standing Committee's Report The Way Forward for Canada Post Contains Some Backward Elements
November 25, 2016
CCD Disappointed by Electoral Reform Bill C-33
November 16, 2016
CCD Says Regulations Are Necessary to Increase the Accessibility of Passenger Transportation
October 31, 2016
Youth with Disabilities Advise on the Creation of an Accessible and Inclusive Canada
September 22, 2016
Charter challenge of forced psychiatric treatment filed in BC Supreme Court
June 15, 2016
Media Advisory - National Forum for Robust Safeguards in Bill C -14 - Ottawa: Thursday June 16
April 15, 2016
Bill C-14 Does Not Go Far Enough to Protect Vulnerable Canadians
Jim Derksen and Melanie Panitch at the opening of the Canadian Human Rights Museum.