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Recapping CCD's Celebration of 30 Years of Achievements
2 November 2011 –We are Canadians. Disability is non-partisan. Disability issues are everyone’s issues. We work to build a more Accessible and Inclusive Canada. Much has been achieved. Let the Celebration Begin. There were welcoming comments from: Tony Dolan, CCD National Chairperson, Laurie Larsen, President CACL, and Kizzy Paris, Canada Without Poverty.
1. Obstacles
Social Assistance Disability Income Expenditures
Why Costs are Going Up
John Stapleton
Open Policy Ontario for the CCD
November 3, 2011 (updated March 30, 2012)
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Comments on the Broadcasting Accessibility Fund
November 4, 2011
Mr. Robert A. Morin
Secretary General
Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0N2
Fax: 819-994-0218
CRTC Broadcasting Notice of Consultation 2011-523
Call for comments on the Broadcasting Accessibility Fund
Dear Mr. Morin,
CCD Comments on Over-the-Top Services
27 June 2011
Mr. Robert A. Morin
Secretary General
CRTC
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0N2
Fax: 819-994-0218
Dear Mr. Secretary General:
Re: Broadcasting and Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2011-344
Filed Via Fax Submission
The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) is pleased to submit by Fax the attached response to Broadcasting and Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2011-344.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
CCD Comments on BCE Purchase of CTV
January 11, 2011
Mr. Robert A. Morin
Secretary General
CRTC
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0N2
Dear Mr. Morin,
Re: Broadcasting notice of consultation CRTC 2010-926, BCE Purchase of CTV
CCD hopes court will rule no on killing
17 November 2011--The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), a national organization of people with disabilities working for an accessible and inclusive Canada, is alarmed by the case, Carter v. Attorney General of Canada, which is a constitutional challenge to Canadian law prohibiting physician-assisted suicide. Legalized assisted suicide is a recipe for lethal abuse.
Canadians with disabilities recognize political allies, denounce the 'welfarization' of disability benefits
OTTAWA, ON, November 2, 2011 – The leaders of more than 50 organizations representing Canadians with a range of disabilities are gathering in Ottawa to recognize politicians from across the political spectrum who have helped end the exclusion of people with disabilities from the mainstream of society. At the same time, they will hear from a former Ontario government official about the “welfare-ization” of benefits for people with disabilities, many of whom are forced to live in poverty.
CCD Chairperson's Update: July-August 2011
This Update summarizes some of the key activities that CCD undertook during the summer of 2011.
Commonwealth Seminar on UPR Follow-up and Implementation
The Commonwealth Secretariat invited Steve Estey, the Chairperson of CCD’s International Development Committee, to participate in a meeting about how to advance the implementation of the recommendations generated by the Universal Periodic Review. During the meeting, participants examined the following questions:
CCD Chairperson's Update: June 2011
CCD Annual General Meeting
CCD held its Annual General Meeting in June in Winnipeg at the Victoria Inn hotel.
Appointment of Committee Chairs
The National Council of Representatives appointed the following people to chair CCD’s committees:
