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May 12, 2010

Hon. Diane Finley
Minister HRSDC
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0A5

Madame Minister:

Re: PALS and Data Collection on Persons with Disabilities

We appreciate the opportunity to meet with you recently and also to speak with you via conference call this week to share information regarding your Department’s plans for addressing data collection related to persons with disabilities.

From the call we understand the following:

May 6, 2010

For immediate release

The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) urges all Parliamentarians to support Bill C-304 – An Act to ensure secure, adequate, accessible and affordable housing for Canadians. One of the major issues people with disabilities have is finding affordable and accessible housing. “Too frequently people have no choices and live in housing that is unsafe and marginally accessible,” said Marie White Chairperson of CCD.

Executive Committee

• Marie White, Chairperson
• John Rae, 1st Vice Chair
• Carmela Hutchison, 2nd Vice Chair
• Roy Muise, Treasurer
• Claredon Robicheau, Secretary
• Susan Ralph, Member-at-Large on Executive

Member Organizations and their Representatives

• British Columbia Coalition of People with Disabilities – Valerie Thoem
• Alberta Committee of Citizens with Disabilities – Margot Brunner-Campbell
• Saskatchewan Voice of Persons with Disab

Canada Ratifies United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Volume 28, Issue 1

Slide 1

Michael J. Prince
Presentation at York University
Vanier College
March 18, 2010

Slide 2
Outline

• My locations
• Absent citizens and related concepts
• What is citizenship
• Making citizenship accessible
• Continuing thoughts

Slide 3
My locations

22 March 2010

An Open Letter to the Federal Liberal Caucus
by
Council of Canadians with Disabilities

Thursday March 11, 2010

For immediate release

Joy and celebration are the two primary emotions felt today by many Canadians with disabilities as the Government of Canada ratifies the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at the United Nations. Canada today pledged to be governed by the CRPD, the newest international human rights treaty which boldly articulates a human rights framework for addressing the exclusion and lack of access people with disabilities have encountered in Canada and in all societies.

The Globe and Mail,
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010

Whether the new security fees are a tax or a user fee is not our concern (Security Fee Not A Tax: Ottawa - Feb. 26). For people with disabilities, the problem is having to pay for a system that is not accessible and that we cannot use. It appears that no thought has been given to the accessibility of these devices: People with disabilities who cannot go through the scanner with their wheelchair, mobility device, guide dog etc. have no choice but to submit to a more invasive "pat down."

Slide 1

People with Disabilities, Labour Markets, Public Policies, and Canadian Federalism

Michael J. Prince
Lansdowne Professor of Social Policy
University of Victoria

Disabilities Health Research Network Speaker Series
February 3, 2010

Slide 2