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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".

Basic Income – This concept continues to spark interest from Canadians thinking about how to improve income security.  Michael Prince, one of the Principal Researchers directing the Disabling Poverty/Enabling Citizenship research project, is writing a paper which will summarize the policy options developed during the project.

Backsliding on Accessibility

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Toronto and Winnipeg
September 18, 2014

“It’s not worse than death, and people who are misled into believing it will be should not be offered public support to kill themselves”, say two leading disability rights organizations who will be opposing attempts to strike down statutory provisions designed to prevent counselling or assisting anyone, disabled or not, to die.

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SCC No. 35591

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA (ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA)

BETWEEN:

LEE CARTER, HOLLIS JOHNSON, DR. WILLIAM SHOICHET, THE BRITISH COLUMBIA CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION and GLORIA TAYLOR
APPELLANTS

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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA and ATTORNEY GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
RESPONDENTS

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5 August 2014

25 June 2014

Secretary General
CRTC
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0N2

Re: Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2014-190, LET'S TALK TV!

Dear Sir:

Please accept the following submission from the Council of Canadians with Disabilities to Phase 3 of the CRTC's "Let's Talk TV" consultation.

Sincerely,

Tony Dolan
Chairperson

Enclosure

In January 2013, Stuart Murray CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) announced the Museum had embraced an approach to inclusive design that would set new standards for universal accessibility.  For a number of years prior to the announcement, CCD volunteers and staff met with museum officials to make the case why the CMHR's programming must present the disability community's struggle for human rights protection and how the Museum could make access a key component in its bus

14 August 2014

For Immediate Release

While it is positive that Canada Post is recognizing the need to accommodate people with disabilities for whom the community mail box will be a barrier, having to get a doctor's note to qualify for the accommodation adds an extra layer of complexity to accessing a community service.