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March 11th A Historic Date for Disability Rights in Canada
March 11 is a notable day in Canadian history, because on March 11, 2010, Canada became the 82nd country to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which reaffirms that persons with disabilities enjoy the protection of all human rights. On this day in 2010 disability community members, Steven Estey, CCD International Committee Chairperson, Traci Walters, IL Canada, and Bendina Miller, Canadian Association for Community Living, and then Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon, met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the UN in New York, to
REPORT OF SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED DYING DISCRIMINATES AGAINST BLIND CANADIANS
March 1, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Recommendations Contained in Report of Joint Committee on Physician - Assisted Dying Pose Significant Risk to Vulnerable Canadians
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Toronto, ON, February 25, 2016
CCD Submission to Special Joint Committee on Physician Assisted Dying
January 28, 2016
Protection a Priority of the Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada in Carter emphasized that there needs to be a balanced system that both enables access by patients to physician-assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia (PAD/VE), and protects persons who are vulnerable and may be induced to commit suicide. The SCC determined that a safeguards system that imposed “stringent limits that are scrupulously monitored and enforced” would achieve this balance.1
"Right to Palliative Care, Vulnerability Assessment & Review Board Key Pillars of PAD/VE Regime" Says Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD)
Media Release
January 28, 2016 │For Immediate Release
SCC Decision Disappoints
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, January 15th, 2016
VULNERABLE PERSONS AT RISK OF ABUSE IN SYSTEM FOR PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE, WITHOUT MORE TIME TO DEVELOP SAFEGUARDS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, January 11th, 2016
Ottawa
CCD Chairperson's Update - December 2015
The New Year: What's Coming Up for CCD
This Update, provides a recap of major issues CCD addressed during 2015 and takes a look at what likely will be hot topics in 2016.
CCD Chairperson's Update - November - December 2015
In the disability community, CCD has a long tradition as a convenor, bringing together disability organizations, governments and others to remove barriers and create greater inclusion. Most recently, CCD convened a consultation on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and helped the Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities bring the community together to celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which had as its theme, Inclusion Matters.
Chairperson's Update - October 2015
CCD Applauds Cabinet Appointments for Kent Hehr and Carla Qualtrough
Prime Minister Trudeau pledged that his Cabinet would be more reflective of Canadian society. The Hon. Kent Hehr and the Hon. Carla Qualtrough, both people with disabilities, are now at the Cabinet table, where they will have the opportunity to contribute their experiential knowledge of barriers to full and equal participation for Canadians with disabilities as public policy is created.
