Backsliding on Accessibility

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Toronto et Winnipeg
18 septembre, 2014

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Toronto and Winnipeg
September 18, 2014

“It’s not worse than death, and people who are misled into believing it will be should not be offered public support to kill themselves”, say two leading disability rights organizations who will be opposing attempts to strike down statutory provisions designed to prevent counselling or assisting anyone, disabled or not, to die.

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SCC No. 35591

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA (ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA)

BETWEEN:

LEE CARTER, HOLLIS JOHNSON, DR. WILLIAM SHOICHET, THE BRITISH COLUMBIA CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION and GLORIA TAYLOR
APPELLANTS

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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA and ATTORNEY GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
RESPONDENTS

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En janvier 2013, Stuart Murray, PDG du Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne (MCDP) a annoncé que le Musée avait adopté une approche de conception inclusive, définissant de nouvelles normes en matière d’accessibilité universelle.

In January 2013, Stuart Murray CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) announced the Museum had embraced an approach to inclusive design that would set new standards for universal accessibility.  For a number of years prior to the announcement, CCD volunteers and staff met with museum officials to make the case why the CMHR's programming must present the disability community's struggle for human rights protection and how the Museum could make access a key component in its bus

Le 14 août 2014

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Si l’on peut  louer le fait que  Postes Canada ait reconnu le besoin d’accommoder les personnes handicapées pour qui les boîtes postales  communautaires  constituent un obstacle, il faut aussi avouer que l’imposition d’un billet du médecin pour obtenir cet accommodement ne fera qu’alourdir la complexité de l’accès aux services.

14 August 2014

For Immediate Release

While it is positive that Canada Post is recognizing the need to accommodate people with disabilities for whom the community mail box will be a barrier, having to get a doctor's note to qualify for the accommodation adds an extra layer of complexity to accessing a community service.

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By Yves VAILLANCOURT and François AUBRY

CURA Disabling Poverty/Enabling Citizenship
September 2014

La préparation de cette brochure a été rendue possible avec l'appui de l'Assiniboine Credit Union.

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