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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.

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

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.

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:

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

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:

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.

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Charter challenge of forced psychiatric treatment filed in BC Supreme Court

For release September 13, 2016 at 12:00 AM (PST)

Canadians with disabilities are calling upon lawmakers to limit medically assisted death to persons at the end of life, who are free from inducement and fully informed of all medical and social interventions that could ease their suffering.  On Thursday June 16th, join a Community Forum for Robust Safeguards in Bill C-14 hosted by the National Disability Rights Community. We will let Parliamentarians know what is at stake for disabled Canadians and their families.  This event continues a national conversation, launched by the National Disability Rights Community.