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Frequently Asked Questions About Assisted Suicide
Responses by Rhonda Wiebe, Co-chair CCD Ending of Life Ethics Committee
Aren’t we subjecting people to unendurable suffering if we don’t allow doctors to help them commit suicide?
Rhonda Wiebe Debates Assisted Suicide
Delegates at Summit on Sustainable Health and Health Care Hear from CCD
Tony Dolan's Speaking Notes for an October 2012 Presentation to Finance Committee
CCD’s goal is to build a more Inclusive and Accessible Canada and to ensure that Canadians with disabilities have the same access to the goods and services of our great country as do non-disabled people.
CCD Chairperson's Update - October 2012
CCD Appears Before Standing Committee of Finance
CCD Chairperson's Update - September 2012
Canadian Human Rights Commission Not Named as CRPD Monitor
CCD Chairperson's Update - August 2012
CCD Participates in HRSDC Meeting
A Voice of Our Own: Summer 2012
On the CCD Agenda:
- News from the CCD Annual General Meeting
- It's expensive to support the disabled -- suicide kits are $39.95
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The Disability Community Remembers Earl Flynn
CCD Member Group Updates:
Chairperson's Update: July 2012
Getting and keeping a job--what makes a difference
Call for Submissions
Despite barriers in the labour market, there are Canadians with disabilities who have been successful in obtaining employment and progressing in their chosen careers. If this describes your work experience, CCD wants to hear from you about what has contributed to your employment success.
CCD Chairperson's Update: June 2012
News from the CCD Annual General Meeting
CCD Has New Executive
At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Winnipeg on 9 June 2012, the Council of Canadians with Disabilities elected a new Executive Committee:
• Tony Dolan, Chairperson
• Pat Danforth, 1st Vice Chair
• Steve Estey, 2nd Vice Chair
• Marc Workman, Secretary
• Anne McPhee, Treasurer
• Carmela Hutchison, Member at Large on Executive Committee
CCD Ending of Life Ethics Committee Co-chair Rebuts Arthur Schafer
In a commentary published by the Winnipeg Free Press, Rhonda Wiebe provided a disability rights analysis of Arthur Schafer’s recent article “Assisted-suicide slope not so slippery”. Read more.