Social Policy

14.3% of Canadians report having a disability. Canadians with disabilities are more than twice as likely to live in poverty than other Canadians. They face exclusion from quality education, from employment and from participation in their communities. CCD's Social Policy Committee provides leadership on addressing the social and economic exclusion of persons with disabilities.

Recent Work

September 17, 2021

What Are Canada's Political Parties Plans Concerning Inclusive Emergency Preparedness?

. “CCD is seeking to learn from the Federal Parties how, if elected to form the Government of Canada, they would ensure that Canada’s emergency preparedness activities contribute to the goal of a barrier-free Canada as set out in the ACA,” states Jewelles Smith, CCD Communications and Government Relations Coordinator.  Read more.

September 15, 2021

CCD Seeking an Accessible and Inclusive Post-COVID-19 World: No New Barriers!

CCD is seeking commitments from all parties concerning how they plan to ensure Canada’s future spending is a driving force behind a barrier-free country. Read more.

September 13, 2021

CCD Seeks Commitments on Accessible and Affordable Housing

The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), a national non-partisan human rights organization of people with disabilities, is challenging Canada’s political parties to share detailed plans with timelines about how they propose to remedy the disability housing crisis, which is a well-known long-standing problem.  “Political leadership on accessible and affordable housing in Canada is long over-due,” states Heather Walkus, CCD 1st Vice Chair. “In advance of the election, parties need to address how they plan to make decent housing a reality for Canadians with various types of disabilities. We want to see an end to people with disabilities struggling with substandard housing that does not meet their needs, couch surfing, and living on the streets.” “To be effective and inclusive, housing strategies need to be developed using an intersectional lens that is inclusive of the needs of women with disabilities, racialized people with disabilities, refugees and newcomers to Canada with disabilities and people with various types of disabilities, including those that are invisible, episodic and psycho-social in nature,” states Jewelles Smith, CCD Communications and Government Relations Coordinator. “This is something we will be looking for in all housing plans.” Read more.

More on Social Policy

September 9, 2021

CCD Seeks from Parties Disability-Inclusive Climate Action and Emergency Preparedness Plans

September 7, 2021

CCD Seeks Parties' Position on Disability Benefit

September 3, 2021

CCD Calls for Commitments to Remedy Discrimination against Blind Voters

September 2, 2021

Leader Letters

September 1, 2021

CCD Urges Federal Election Candidates to Run Accessible Campaigns

August 27, 2021

How to Vote in the Federal Election, September 20, 2021

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