Welfare? Or What? Shifting thinking about poverty reduction and income programs
By Tyler Hnatuk, CACL
This speech was presented on 3 November, at End Exclusion 2011, and was accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation [download presentation (PPT 299K), read PowerPoint text below].
Good morning, it's a pleasure to be here today to share with you some of the research that we have been doing related to poverty reduction and income programs.
Célébrons nos réalisations
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Novembre 2011
Celebrating Our Accomplishments
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November 2011
Recapping CCD's Celebration of 30 Years of Achievements
2 November 2011 –We are Canadians. Disability is non-partisan. Disability issues are everyone’s issues. We work to build a more Accessible and Inclusive Canada. Much has been achieved. Let the Celebration Begin. There were welcoming comments from: Tony Dolan, CCD National Chairperson, Laurie Larsen, President CACL, and Kizzy Paris, Canada Without Poverty.
1. Obstacles
Social Assistance Disability Income Expenditures
Why Costs are Going Up
John Stapleton
Open Policy Ontario for the CCD
November 3, 2011 (updated March 30, 2012)
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Non à la suppression de la vie : Voilà le jugement souhaité par le CCD!
Le 17 novembre 2011 – Le Conseil des Canadiens avec déficiences (CCD), organisation nationale de personnes handicapées, œuvrant pour un Canada accessible et inclusif, est alarmé par le cas Carter c. le Procureur général du Canada qui, constitutionnellement, conteste la Loi canadienne interdisant le suicide médicalement assisté. Or, la légalisation du suicide assisté est porteuse d’abus létal.
CCD hopes court will rule no on killing
17 November 2011--The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), a national organization of people with disabilities working for an accessible and inclusive Canada, is alarmed by the case, Carter v. Attorney General of Canada, which is a constitutional challenge to Canadian law prohibiting physician-assisted suicide. Legalized assisted suicide is a recipe for lethal abuse.
Les Canadiens handicapés rendent hommage à leurs alliés politiques et dénoncent l'assistantialisme des prestations d'invalidité.
Ottawa, ON, le 2 novembre 2011 - Les chefs de file de plus de cinquante (50) organisations représentant des Canadiennes et des Canadiens à multi-déficiences se réunissent à Ottawa pour rendre hommage aux leaders de l’arène politique qui ont combattu l’exclusion des personnes avec des déficiences.
Canadians with disabilities recognize political allies, denounce the 'welfarization' of disability benefits
OTTAWA, ON, November 2, 2011 – The leaders of more than 50 organizations representing Canadians with a range of disabilities are gathering in Ottawa to recognize politicians from across the political spectrum who have helped end the exclusion of people with disabilities from the mainstream of society. At the same time, they will hear from a former Ontario government official about the “welfare-ization” of benefits for people with disabilities, many of whom are forced to live in poverty.
