Budget fédéral :   Conséquences pour les Canadiennes et les Canadiens avec des déficiences

Le ministre des Finances Jim Flaherty n’a pas oublié les Canadiens handicapés dans son budget fédéral présenté le 21 mars 2013.  À travers ce budget, le gouvernement Harper s’est attaqué à plusieurs grandes préoccupations des

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Budget 2013: Création de marchés du travail plus inclusifs

Le CCD se réjouit de constater , dans le budget 2013, qu’en prolongeant les ententes sur le marché du travail pour les personnes handicapées, en garantissant la  permanence du Fonds d’intégration et du Fonds  pour l’accessibilité et en invoquant la « transformation » de ces programmes pour mieux combler les besoins des personnes handicapées,  le gouvernement du Canada réaffirme son

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Budget 2013: Creating More Inclusive Labour Markets

CCD is pleased to see a reaffirmation within Budget 2013 of continued support for Canadians with disabilities through extension of the Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities, and the fact that the Enabling Accessibility Fund and the Opportunities Fund have been made permanent programs.  The Government of Canada speaks also about the “transformation” of these programs to better meet the needs of employers and people with disabilities. 

Examining Canada’s Human Rights Obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD): How Can a Civil Society Shadow Report Improve Accountability?

The Federal Budget: What Does It Mean for Canadians with Disabilities?

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty did not forget Canadians with disabilities when he delivered the federal budget on 21 March 2013.  The Harper Government used the budget to address a number of concerns important to people with disabilities: training, jobs, the Registered Disability Savings Plan, tax relief on home care services, library services for person with vision impairment and changes to income support measures for veterans

Disability Rights: The Conversation Between International Law and Domestic Law

Vangelis Nikias, CCD CRPD Project Manager

Introduction

The motto of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities is: "a voice of our own".

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22 mars 2013

For Immediate Release

March 22, 2013

CCD is pleased to see a reaffirmation within Budget 2013 of continued support for Canadians with disabilities through extension of the Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities, and the fact that the Enabling Accessibility Fund and the Opportunities Fund have been made permanent programs.  The Government of Canada speaks also about the “transformation” of these programs to better meet the needs of employers and people with disabilities.  

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Lundi 18 mars 2013

For Immediate Release

Monday March 18, 2013

The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) and the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) will join the Attorneys General of British Columbia and Canada before the BC Court of Appeal on March 18 for a hearing in Carter v. Attorney General.  The appeal is from a ruling issued on June 15, 2012 in which Justice Lynn Smith declared that Canada’s assisted suicide prohibition violated Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.