By

Bob Brown

Chairperson CCD Transportation Committee

September 2017

The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) is a national human rights organization of people with disabilities that works for an accessible and inclusive Canada. 

CCD's members are provincial/territorial cross-disability, consumer-controlled, human rights organizations and national uni- and cross-disability, consumer-controlled, human rights organizations.  The members are:

For Immediate Release | July 28, 2017

Submitted by the Council of Canadians with Disabilities
March 16, 2017

Background:

The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) has been an active Civil Society proponent of the CRPD since 2002 with the beginning of the negotiations that led to the Convention.  In the fifteen years since then we have consistently voiced our view that the CRPD, and its Optional Protocol (OP), are vital instruments for the protection and advancement of the human rights of persons with disabilities here in Canada and around the world.

The Alliance for an Inclusive and Accessible Canada (the Alliance*) is consulting Canadians about the Government of Canada’s proposed accessibility law.

We want to hear from people with disabilities, their families and caregivers. We also want to hear from service providers, businesses, unions and other community organizations. We are collecting information through surveys, public meetings and discussion groups. We will be compiling our findings in a report for the Honorable Carla Qualtrough.

Jewelles Smith, CCD Chairperson

If you were observing the session yesterday either via the live feed or through twitter updates, you will see that the UN CRPD Committee put numerous very concerning questions to Canada. It was fascinating to observe first hand and to participate in.

By Jewelles Smith, CCD Chairperson

It is my second day in Geneva and despite an additionally eventful, and twice delayed journey thus far, I arrived safe and in one piece.

Jewelles Smith, CCD Chairperson

If you were observing the session yesterday either via the live feed or through twitter updates, you will see that the UN CRPD Committee put numerous very concerning questions to Canada. It was fascinating to observe first hand and to participate in.

Jewelles Smith, CCD Chairperson

It is my second day in Geneva and despite an additionally eventful, and twice delayed journey thus far, I arrived safe and in one piece.

This Update shares information on activities of some of CCD's Committees.

Transportation Committee

The last few months have been quite busy for the CCD Transportation Committee. This report focuses on our work with the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), VIA Rail, the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA), and the Council of Canadian Academics. 

By Keiko Shikako-Thomas, PhD, OT, Canada Research Chair in Childhood Disability: Participation and Knowledge Translation, McGill University and Meaghan Shevell, MA Human Rights, Participation and Knowledge Translation in Childhood Disabilities Lab, McGill University

Keiko Shikako-Thomas will meet with the CRPD Committee to increase their awareness of the issues that she elaborates on in her blog post.