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The Wait Continues for a National Disability Benefit, CCD States after Release of Budget 2021
April 20, 2021 - The Government of Canada did not forget people with disabilities in Budget 2021, including measures to improve our socio-economic position. The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) notes some of its longstanding recommendations were addressed.
CCD Disappointed by House of Commons Yes Vote on Bill C-7 (Medical Aid in Dying)
March 12, 2021 | For Immediate Distribution
Yesterday, while the Federal Government was noting the 11th anniversary of Canada’s signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the House of Commons passed Bill C-7 thereby making Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) available to healthy people with disabilities. In contrast, other Canadians are offered suicide prevention.
Jewelles Smith Welcomed to CCD Staff
Today, Roxana Jahani Aval, Chairperson, and Shari Hildred, National Coordinator, announced that Jewelles Smith (jewelles@ccdonline.ca) has joined the staff of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) as the organization’s first Communications and Government Relations Coordinator. The Communications and Government Relations Coordinator is responsible for CCD’s related objectives in the general categories of monitoring, relationship management, communication and coordination.
Victims and Survivors of Crime Week 2020: Video Now Available
On November 27, 2020, IRIS and Warriors Against Violence Society hosted an event for Victims & Survivors of Crime Week entitled: Access to Justice for Indigenous, Racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ people with disabilities. There were over 150 attendees!
Disability Rights Online
During the first two weeks of December, we have the opportunity to learn a lot about human rights, with the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities falling on December 3rd and December 10th being International Human Rights Day. If the conversations that were begun on December 3rd and December 10th , sparked your interest in learning more about human rights, as viewed through a disability rights lens, you should check out the Disability Rights Online website. This website connects visitors with self-paced online training
Continuing to Develop Human Rights Capacity
During the first two weeks of December, we have the opportunity to learn a lot about human rights, with the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities falling on December 3rd and December 10th being International Human Rights Day. If the conversations that were begun on December 3rd and December 10th , sparked your interest in learning more about human rights, as viewed through a disability rights lens, you should check out the Disability Rights Online website. This website connects visitors with self-paced online training
Claiming the right to housing and the rights of persons with disabilities to community inclusion
The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), National Right to Housing Network (NHRN) and Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA) are inviting you to join us for a webinar in honour of International Human Rights Day on: “Claiming the right to housing and the rights of persons with disabilities to community inclusion” via Zoom at 1pm ET on Thursday, December 10th.
