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Joëlle Pastora Sala

On 4 October 2017, Byron Williams and Joëlle Pastora Sala from the Public Interest Law Centre ("PILC") appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”), along with pro bono counsel Alyssa Mariani of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (“TDS”), on behalf of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities ("CCD") in the matter of Delta Airlines Inc. v Gábor Lukács. Sacha Paul of TDS was also an integral part of the team who worked on this case.

On Wednesday, November 8, 2017, from 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST the Alliance for an Inclusive and Accessible Canada (@TheAllianceCA) will begin its first Twitter Chat series, #AllianceChat.

Dr. Michael J. Prince (@princepolity) will be answering the Alliance’s questions about employment, people with disabilities and the proposed federal accessibility legislation.  To participate in the Chat, go to Twitter and search for #AllianceChat and you can join the Chat there.  This Chat will be in English.

August 22, 2017 - Join us for a first-ever online disability expert conference: “What Should Canada's Promised National Accessibility Law Include?” convened by the Alliance for an Inclusive and Accessible Canada.*

The conference will be chaired by David Lepofsky, who is a renowned lawyer, disability rights advo-cate/community organizer, and will be attended by Canada's first Minister Responsible for People with Disabilities, the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, as well as an amazing array of experts speaking to us from Canada, the U.S. Israel and Switzerland.

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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.