English

By Tyler Hnatuk, CACL

This speech was presented on 3 November, at End Exclusion 2011, and was accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation [download presentation (PPT 299K), read PowerPoint text below].

Good morning, it's a pleasure to be here today to share with you some of the research that we have been doing related to poverty reduction and income programs.

Executive Committee

• Tony Dolan, Chairperson
• Roy Muise*/John Rae,** 1st Vice Chair
• Susan Ralph, 2nd Vice Chair
• Mary Ennis, Treasurer
• Claredon Robicheau, Secretary
• Terry Green, Member-at-Large on Executive

Member Organizations and their Representatives

• British Columbia Coalition of People with Disabilities—Valerie Thoem/Pat Danforth
• Alberta Committee of Citizens with Disabilities—Dave Storey/Doreen Gyorkos
• Saskatchewan Voice of

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November 2011

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

Why Costs are Going Up

John Stapleton
Open Policy Ontario for the CCD
November 3, 2011 (updated March 30, 2012)

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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,

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,

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

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.

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.