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How Can a Civil Society Shadow Report Improve Accountability?
Examining Canada’s Human Rights Obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD): How Can a Civil Society Shadow Report Improve Accountability?
CCD Chairperson's Update - March 2013
The Federal Budget: What Does It Mean for Canadians with Disabilities?
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty did not forget Canadians with disabilities when he delivered the federal budget on 21 March 2013. The Harper Government used the budget to address a number of concerns important to people with disabilities: training, jobs, the Registered Disability Savings Plan, tax relief on home care services, library services for person with vision impairment and changes to income support measures for veterans
CCD Panel Presentation at University of Ottawa Human Rights Centre
Disability Rights: The Conversation Between International Law and Domestic Law
Vangelis Nikias, CCD CRPD Project Manager
Introduction
The motto of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities is: "a voice of our own".
Budget 2013: Creating More Inclusive Labour Markets
For Immediate Release
March 22, 2013
CCD is pleased to see a reaffirmation within Budget 2013 of continued support for Canadians with disabilities through extension of the Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities, and the fact that the Enabling Accessibility Fund and the Opportunities Fund have been made permanent programs. The Government of Canada speaks also about the “transformation” of these programs to better meet the needs of employers and people with disabilities.
CCD AND CACL TO TESTIFY AT CARTER APPEAL (Assisted Suicide) HEARING
For Immediate Release
Monday March 18, 2013
The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) and the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) will join the Attorneys General of British Columbia and Canada before the BC Court of Appeal on March 18 for a hearing in Carter v. Attorney General. The appeal is from a ruling issued on June 15, 2012 in which Justice Lynn Smith declared that Canada’s assisted suicide prohibition violated Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Frequently Asked Questions about Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
by Rhonda Wiebe, Co-chair CCD Ending of Life Ethics Committee and Amy Hasbrouck, Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet
People with Disabilities: Getting Beyond Being the Population in Waiting
Key Messages and Commentary
CCD Presentation to House of Commons HUMA Committee
28 February 2013
CCD Chairperson's Update - February 2013
ODI Meets with National Groups
On 21-22 February 2013, Laurie Beachell and Vangelis Nikias participated in meetings of the 18 national disability organizations funded by ODI. The meetings focused on the funding programs, social enterprise and accountability measures. This meeting provided an opportunity for planning the conversation that was to take place the following week with the HUMA Committee.
