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CCD Chairperson's Update - January 2013
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
CCD Comments on Regulatory Proposal to Amend the Air Transportation Regulations (SOR/88-58)
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,
Official Development Assistance to the World Bank
CCD Response to
Department of Finance Consultation on
Official Development Assistance to the
World Bank
CMHR to feature the most inclusive design in Canadian history
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.
CMHR to feature the most inclusive design in Canadian history
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.
If therapeutic homicide is going to be "on the menu" in our hospitals ...
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
Private Sector Must Show Leadership on Employment and Disability
For Immediate Release
16 January 2013
Factum in the Carter Case
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)
- and -
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA APPELLANT
RESPONDENT ON CROSS APPEAL
(Defendant)
Please Oppose "Assisted Suicide"
Rhonda Wiebe, the Co-chair of CCD's Ending of Life Ethics Committee, presents the arguments against assisted suicide and explains how you can help CCD oppose legalized assisted suicide in the courts. CCD is seeking to intervene in the Carter case which struck down the Criminal Code's prohibitions against assisted suicide.
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