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SPEAKING NOTES FOR TRANSPORTATION ROUNDTABLE
November 17, 2016
Introduction
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. (Please see appendix for highlights of CCD's work on accessible transportation.)
During this consultation, CCD will identify measures that could advance barrier removal in the federally regulated transportation system.
CCD Says Regulations Are Necessary to Increase the Accessibility of Passenger Transportation
Media Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CCD Appears Before Parliamentary Committee Regarding Canada Post Door to Door Service
Budget cuts to home mail delivery service means that Canada Post plans to eradicate this service altogether. They believe that providing a community mailbox can be a sufficient enough substitute for daily home mail delivery. This is untrue, and CCD is working with both the government and the postal service to ensure the retention of home mail delivery.
Consulting with Canadians on Planned Accessibility Legislation
The Government of Canada is seeking your ideas to inform the development of planned accessibility legislation.
November 7th
Victoria, British Columbia
Monday, November 7th 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Victoria Marriott Inner Harbour
728 Humboldt Street,
Victoria, BC V8W 3Z5
Meeting room: Pacific Ballroom
November 10th
Youth with Disabilities Advise on the Creation of an Accessible and Inclusive Canada
For Immediate Release │October 31, 2016
On Tuesday, November 1, 2016 in Ottawa at the National Youth Forum, Natalie Spagnuolo, a member of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities' (CCD) Social Policy Committee, will provide recommendations on where the Government of Canada should provide leadership to improve opportunities for participation by people with disabilities as it moves forward with promised accessibility legislation.
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The Council of Canadian with Disabilities (CCD) is seeking a Project Manager.
CCD is the lead organization on a multi-agency research collaborative, The Alliance, whose purpose is to consult Canadians on the Development of Federal Accessibility Legislation.
Summary:
CCD Chairperson's Update - Reflections on Advancing Disability Rights at the UN
Editorial Note - Jewelles Smith, CCD Chairperson, was a member of the Canadian civil society delegation, which travelled to Geneva, for the 16th session of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as the Committee was developing its List of Issues concerning Canada's Initial Report. The other members on the delegation were Audrey-Anne Trudel (COPHAN), Bonnie Brayton (DAWN-RAFH Canada), Frank Folino (CAD), and Steve Estey (staff to disability community's CRPD
CCD Chairperson's Update - AGM Edition 2016
AGM Highlights
CCD's Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place on June 11, 2016 in Winnipeg.
CCD Executive Committee – The National Council elected a new Executive Committee:
What does an Accessible Canada mean to you?
In-person consultation sessions are taking place across Canada to inform the development of planned accessibility legislation.
Did you know that approximately 14 percent of Canadians aged 15 years or older reported having a disability that limited them in their daily activities? And that there are approximately 411,000 working-aged Canadians with disabilities who are not working but whose disability does not prevent them from doing so? Almost half of these potential workers are post-secondary graduates.
