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August 20, 2018
OPEN LETTER URGES PRIME MINISTER TO MAKE GOOD ON HIS COMMITMENT TO THE RIGHT TO HOUSING
At a press conference in Ottawa advocates released an open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau signed by over 170 organizations and prominent Canadians urging the Prime Minister to make good on his commitment to the right to housing by enshrining that right in upcoming National Housing Strategy legislation. Read more
September 4, 2018
CANADA'S MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN DYING REGULATIONS FALL SHORT
The Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) and the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) strongly call on the federal government to strengthen the monitoring system for medical assistance in dying (MAiD). Read more
July 10, 2018
Reducing Greyhound Transportation Services Could Have Domino Effect
“The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) was dismayed to learn that Greyhound has announced plans to shut down its operations in parts of Canada, because this withdrawal of service will put in jeopardy the range of safe, independent choices available to the travelling public, including people with disabilities,” states Bob Brown, Co-Chairperson CCD Transportation Committee. Read more
More on Our Issues
August 18, 2018
Staffing Change at Council of Canadians with Disabilities
August 18, 2018
Bill C-81, An act to ensure a barrier-free Canada: Nine initial observations
August 18, 2018
Changes on the CCD National Council of Representatives
August 2, 2018
Accessibility Legislation: What the Alliance for an Inclusive and Accessible Canada Heard
July 16, 2018
TRACY LATIMER MUST NOT BE ERASED; HER MURDER MUST NOT BE PARDONED
July 12, 2018
TRACY LATIMER MUST NOT BE ERASED; HER MURDER MUST NOT BE PARDONED
Welcome CCD Executive Committee 2018-20!
Newly elected CCD Executive Committee at CCD's June 2018 AGM in Winnipeg. (Row 1 L-R : Carmela Hutchison (2nd Vice Chair), Pat Danforth (1st Vice Chair); Row 2: L-R Jewelles Smith (Chairperson), Frank Folino (Member at Large), Roxana Jahani Aval (Secretary), Kathleen Thompson (Treasurer).
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
June 24, 2018
Supreme Court Decision Undermines Access to Justice
On June 14, 2018, the Supreme Court released its judgment in Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 31, also known as Matson and Andrews. In its judgment the Supreme Court found that challenges to discrimination that result from the wording of a federal law cannot be brought to the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Instead, these challenges will have to be brought before the courts as Charter challenges. The Council of Canadians with Disabilities and ARCH Disability Law Centre are disappointed in the Supreme Court decision. ARCH Disability Law Centre (ARCH) represented the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) as an intervener in this case.The judgment will undermine access to justice for persons from equity seeking groups, including persons with disabilities, by preventing them from using the more accessible Canadian Human Rights Commission system for challenges to discrimination that results from the wording of a federal law. Read more.
Press Release
September 4, 2018
CANADA'S MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN DYING REGULATIONS FALL SHORT
The Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) and the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) strongly call on the federal government to strengthen the monitoring system for medical assistance in dying (MAiD). Read more.