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PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN CANADA FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES
SP-182-01-01E

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Spring 2011

On the CCD Agenda

• Government Tries to Silence Critic of Student Loan Discrimination
• Fundamental Disability Rights Case Goes to Supreme Court of Canada
• Call for Submissions for CCD Publication

CCD Member Group Updates

During the month of November, many months of preparatory work paid high dividends, as several exciting initiatives were unveiled by CCD. In this Update, CCD shares information about the work that has been undertaken recently by CCD’s volunteers and staff.

End Exclusion 2011: Building an Inclusive and Accessible Canada

CCD’s motto is a Voice of Our Own and in this edition CCD focuses on how the voice of people with disabilities is making Canadian society more accessible and inclusive.

Meeting with Minister Jim Flaherty

Committee of States Parties

2 November 2011

Recognizing Our Political Allies

Recapping CCD’s Celebration of 30 Years of Achievements

Celebrating Our Accomplishments

Lived Experience Panel

Every province needs to have a centralized, “one stop shopping” information and referral system, either physical and/or virtual, that is accessible to people with all disabilities, offering alternate formats and plain language and with outreach to rural and northern communities.

There is an F/P/T advisory committee on people with disabilities that is currently co chaired by the province of BC. We need to find out who they are and what they're doing.

(Laurence Parent is a doctoral student in humanities at Concordia University. She lives in Montreal and is involved with the Québec disability rights movement.)

I was asked to speak about personal experiences, what it is like to be living in Quebec in 2011 with physical disabilities.

I was born in 1985, not so long after the International Year of Disabled Persons. Seven years earlier, Quebec had adopted the act to secure the rights of persons with disabilities.

(Laurie Larson is the President of the Canadian Association for Community Living.)

Good morning. Statistics tell us far too many families in this country are trying to raise their children with disabilities in poverty. There are a number of reasons for this, including the additional costs of disability and the all too frequent need for one parent to stay out of the paid labour force to provide caregiving support.

A VISION PAPER
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