Dear Friend:

I'm writing to ask you to take 15 minutes out of your schedule this week to help us get an important Bill passed in Parliament that would help solve homelessness in Canada. It has just been confirmed that Bill C-400 will be debated at 5:30 p.m.. on Wednesday February 13th and the vote will be held on Wednesday February 27th.  

Toujours vivant – Not Dead Yet

People with Disabilities Opposing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

4 February 2013

While Quebec marks suicide prevention week from February 3-9, disability rights activists question whether it’s appropriate for the Marois government to table legislation to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia.

Surviving the Chill

The last weeks of January tend to bring some of Canada’s coldest temperatures.  In addition to the cold winds brought by Canadian weather systems, we in the self-representational corner of the disability community are also experiencing the chill that comes from the reality that Human Resources and Skills Development Canada is implementing a long-term plan to alter its funding relationship with groups like CCD and its member organizations.  On 24 January 2013, CCD received a memo from the Coalition of Persons with Disabilities- NL (COD-NL), wh

January 30, 2013

Kris Campbell
Analyst
Accessible Transportation Directorate
Regulations, Research and Analysis Division
Canadian Transportation Agency
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N9
Email Kris.Campbell@otc-cta.gc.ca

Dear Mr. Campbell,

CCD Response to
Department of Finance Consultation on
Official Development Assistance to the
World Bank

Accessibility sets global example, surpasses Smithsonian guidelines

(Comments made by Stuart Murray, CMHR CEO, at a press conference held by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) on January 29, 2013.)

Good morning everyone and thank you for joining us.
C’est un grand plaisir pour moi d’être ici avec vous ce matin.

It gives me great pleasure to be standing here today with members of the disability community to talk about a very important aspect of our Museum --- INCLUSION.

 For immediate release
January 29, 2013

Accessibility sets global example, surpasses Smithsonian guidelines

Winnipeg – The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) has embraced an approach to inclusive design that will set new Canadian and world standards for universal accessibility, its president announced today.

On 15 January 2013, a Quebec panel of legal experts suggested that provincial law could frame assisted suicide as part of the continuum of care offered in palliative care settings.  Making assisted suicide a palliative care treatment option is a matter of national concern because other jurisdictions may adopt the practice.  The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), a national organization working for an accessible and inclusive Canada, encourages

For Immediate Release        

16 January 2013

Court File No. CA040079

COURT OF APPEAL

ON APPEAL FROM: THE ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE MADAM JUSTICE SMITH OF THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRONOUNCED JUNE 15, 2012

BETWEEN:

LEE CARTER, HOLLIS JOHNSON, DR. WILLIAM SHOICHET, THE BRITISH COLUMBIA CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION and GLORIA TAYLOR
RESPONDENTS
APPELLANTS ON CROSS APPEAL
(Plaintiffs)

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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA APPELLANT
RESPONDENT ON CROSS APPEAL
(Defendant)