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Write to your MP supporting the Vulnerable Persons Standard and asking that its terms be incorporated in the law regulating assisted suicide/euthanasia. Read more.
April 19, 2016
A Modernised Court Challenges Program of Canada: A perspective from the Council of Canadians with Disabilities
The Court Challenges Program of Canada (“CCPC”) is essential to ensure access to justice for persons with disabilities in accordance with article 12 and 13 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. If persons with disabilities do not have the means to access the courts, the rights to equality guaranteed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and in human rights legislation are hallow and meaningless. Read more
January 29, 2016
CCD Submission to Special Joint Committee on Physician Assisted Dying
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 Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) strongly believes that a minimal but mandatory vulnerability assessments, an independent review process with prior authorization, along with Criminal Code protection of the vulnerable are essential for this purpose. Read more
March 1, 2016
REPORT OF SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED DYING DISCRIMINATES AGAINST BLIND CANADIANS
When the report, "Medical Assistance in Dying: A Patient-Centred Approach" was released last week, “I was anxious to read it, as CCD has been very active in this issue,” says John Rae, Second Vice Chair of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities. “But, to my surprise, it was released only in an inaccessible PDF version that I could not read, and this discriminates against me and all Canadians who cannot read conventional print,” added Rae. Read more
More on Our Issues
September 22, 2016
Charter challenge of forced psychiatric treatment filed in BC Supreme Court
September 2, 2016
Job Posting - Research and Communications Assistant
June 15, 2016
Media Advisory - National Forum for Robust Safeguards in Bill C-14 ? Ottawa: Thursday June 16
June 15, 2016
Share Your Voice: Community Forum for Robust Safeguards in Bill C-14 Thursday, June 16th
May 2, 2016
CCD Chairperson's Update - March/April 2016
April 15, 2016
Bill C-14 Does Not Go Far Enough to Protect Vulnerable Canadians
Hon. Carla Qualtrough, MP, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, and James Hicks, CCD National Coordinator, at the 2015 December 3rd celebration, hosted by the Minister and CCD helped coordinate.
November 22, 2011
Celebrating Our Accomplishments
We have produced this booklet both to celebrate our success and to help others understand the contribution of the disability rights movement in Canada.
Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon, far left, observes as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, second from left, meets members of the Canadian delegation, including CCD's Steve Estey. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Videos
September 30, 2015
Voting at an Elections Canada Office
After the election is called, you can vote at any EC office across the country.
Weblog
April 18, 2016
Broadening the Electoral Reform Discussion
The Liberal government campaigned on electoral reform, promising “that 2015 will be the last federal election conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system” and that they “will make every vote count.” The disability community, like many other groups, is anxious to learn what the new government will propose and the process it will introduce. Moreover, it is seeking allies in support of expanding the discussion of voting reform to include needed improvements in accessibility to Canada’s electoral system. Read more.
Press Release
September 22, 2016