September 2, 2014

Mr. Deepak Chopra
President & Chief Executive Officer
Canada Post
2701 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, ON K1A 0B1

Dear Mr. Chopra:

Canadians with disabilities oppose Canada Post’s new model of mail delivery as we believe that door-to-door mail delivery is an essential service.  Furthermore, the decision to make doctors the gatekeeper for accommodations is a backward step as medicalizing access both establishes new barriers and reinforces negative stereotypes.  Consider the following:

For Immediate Release:  September 18, 2014

May 15, 2014

Principal Researcher
Michael J. Prince

Contributors

Principal Researchers

Michael J. Prince, University of Victoria
Yvonne Peters, equality rights lawyer

Employment Equality for Canadians with Disabilities

Michael J. Prince

Dignity for All: Labour, Employment, and Poverty Summit, Ottawa, June 9-10, 2014  

In August, CCD held a conference call meeting, open to its member organizations, to review matters relating to Canada Post's decision to end door-to-door mail service.  Discussion focused largely on the proposal that people with disabilities would require letters from doctors to maintain home delivery.  As a result of the meeting, the Member Groups developed the following letter to Canada Post:

September 2, 2014

The major activity which took place during the month of July was the preparation of CCD's response to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance.  The Committee invited Canadians to share their priorities for the 2015 Federal Budget.  CCD's Social Policy Committee directed the development of CCD's submission to the Finance Committee.

CCD Council and Annual General Meeting

The CCD National Council of Representatives met in Winnipeg for the Council meeting and Annual General Meeting, 6-7 June 2014.

CCD welcomed new members to the Council table:

• Jerry Weir (COD NL),
• Lois Miller (NSLEO). 

UN Special Rapporteur on Disability Visits Canada

CCD was honored to have Shuaib Chalklen, Special Rapporteur on Disability, attend the Council meeting.

UN Special Rapporteur Surprised by Canada's Performance on the CRPD

AGM Highlights

CCD's Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place on June 7, 2014 in Winnipeg.

CCD Executive Committee – The National Council elected a new Executive Committee: Tony Dolan, Chairperson; Pat Danforth, First Vice Chair; John Rae, Second Vice Chair; Anne McPhee, Secretary/Treasurer; and Carmela Hutchison, Member-at-Large.

Chairpersons Appointed - The following will chair CCD's Committees for 2014-15:

This edition of the Update presents the activities of some of CCD's Committees.

Social Policy Committee

Dr. Michael Prince finalized for the CURA project a new paper "Disabling Poverty and Enabling Citizenship: Recommendations for Positive Change".