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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
2019
March 20, 2019
"Budget 2019 - Canadians with disabilities not left out," says Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD)
January 25, 2019
COUNCIL OF CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES APPLAUDS DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
2018
September 4, 2018
CANADA'S MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN DYING REGULATIONS FALL SHORT
July 12, 2018
TRACY LATIMER MUST NOT BE ERASED; HER MURDER MUST NOT BE PARDONED
July 10, 2018
Reducing Greyhound Transportation Services Could Have Domino Effect
June 20, 2018
Accessibility Legislation a Way for Canada to Realize Its International Human Rights Commitments
April 24, 2018
S.A. v. Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation
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"
March 15, 2018
Bill C-49 Empowers Goliath and Takes Away David's Sling Shot
Jim Derksen and Melanie Panitch at the opening of the Canadian Human Rights Museum.