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Yearly Archives: 2016
International Day of Persons with Disability 2016
Independent Living Canada invites Canadians to join their voices for a more inclusive Canada Nov 28th (Ottawa, Ontario)
In preparation for the 2016 International Day of Persons with Disability (IDPD) Independent Living Canada has an ambitious goal: Get thousands of Canadians from across the country to add their voice by signing their Declaration on their campaign page: http://www.ilcanada.ca/idpd
We believe that everyone has the right to aspire to the philosophy of Independent Living. While people with disabilities have made great strides in our country, too many still face barriers in daily living. Persistent gaps remain in areas such as employment, income, social inclusion, transportation and accessibility. Because we aspire to an all-inclusive and accessible society where people with disabilities are valued equally and participate fully, we believe these are issues that should be addressed now, to make Canada a better place.
CCD Disappointed by Electoral Reform Bill C-33
For Immediate Release November 25, 2016
While the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) is pleased with some aspects of the Government’s electoral reform bill, “This Bill fails to respond to most of the important amendments to the Canada Elections Act that CCD proposed,” said John Rae, 1st Vice Chair of CCD.
While we are pleased with provisions regarding vouching and increasing the powers of the Chief Electoral Officer to provide a wide range of information to electors, “the Bill was silent on such topics as making it easier to test telephone and online methods of voting, or to add new sections proposed by CCD which would require access to all candidates’ meetings, candidates’ offices, and the provision of campaign literature in various alternate formats and plain language,” added Rae.
Silent No More: Ottawa Consults on national disability act, demonstrations for disability justice remain strong
by Alex William
The Leveller, November 23, 2016
With a national disability act in preparation, the federal government is continuing its consultation process to address concerns within the disability community. On Nov. 1, over 100 people with disabilities arrived at Carleton University to take part in the National Youth Forum on an Accessible Canada.
While many issues arose during the youth forum, one of the most prominent and recurring problems is the close correlation between disability and poverty.
CBC Expands Accessibility Project for Hearing-Impaired Audiences
Initiative to support an estimated 1 to 3 million Canadians who are deaf or hard-of-hearing By Alice Hopton
CBC News, Nov. 24, 2016
As It Happens, co-hosted by Carol Off and Jeff Douglas, is the latest CBC Radio One program to join an initiative providing greater accessibility to Canadians by making transcripts of the daily program available online.
CBC is expanding a successful pilot project to make its radio programming more accessible to those who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, with As It Happens to now join The Current in posting daily show transcripts online to read, print and share.
The World Blind Union: Future Challenges and Opportunities
by Fredric K. Schroeder, PhD
From the Editor: Fredric Schroeder is one of the most prolific and thought-provoking writers we have, and when his name appears on the annual convention agenda, the speeches he gives never fail to command attention and spark discussion. It is no accident that Fred Schroeder is now the president of the World Blind Union, and his service will no doubt bring the same class, intelligence, and insight that have benefited the blind of the United States. Here is what he writes for the Braille Monitor following the meeting at which he was elected:
Does Canada Need a Canadians with Disabilities Act?
by Ilanna Mandel
The question we, as Canadians may want to ask ourselves is: “will the enactment of national legislation such as a Canadians with Disabilities Act help to create this fully inclusive society?” A national act is only the precursor to change. The law must be drafted in such a way so as to be the foundation for social change.
Read more at
http://disabilitycreditcanada.com/canadians-with-disabilities-act
How Far Has B.C. Come in Terms of Accessibility? Rick Hansen Weighs In
‘A lot of the stats show deep unemployment, challenges and barriers still out there,’ says Rick Hansen
By Jon Hernandez, CBC News Posted: Nov 17, 2016 4:43 PM PT| Last Updated: Nov 17, 2016
Canada’s Man in Motion, Rick Hansen, poses for a photograph outside his foundation’s offices in Richmond, B.C., on Sunday Jan. 30, 2011.
When Canadian icon Rick Hansen was just 15 years old, a pickup truck accident left him a paraplegic. He went on to circle the entire planet in his wheelchair and raise millions of dollars for people living with disabilities.
Press Release: CCD Says Regulations Are Necessary to Increase the Accessibility of Passenger Transportation
November 16, 2016
On Thursday, November 17, 2016 in Montreal, Bob Brown, Co-Chair of CCD’s Transportation Committee, will attend the federal government’s roundtable discussion on planned accessibility legislation, as it relates to transportation. The federal government regulates air, rail, interprovincial marine and bus transportation. Roundtable organizers want participants to identify gaps in the legal and policy environment and to suggest ways for Canada to make transportation more accessible. Among other recommendations, CCD will urge the adoption of comprehensive accessibility regulations.
In the 1990s, when Canada turned its back on binding accessibility regulations in favour of voluntary codes of practice to prevent barriers, progress in Canada toward a fully accessible transportation system became lamentably slow. The burden to remedy transportation barriers through litigation fell on people with disabilities and their organizations, such as CCD.
Women and Persons With Disabilities Being Left Behind on CPP Expansion
Nov 14, 2016
Women and persons with disabilities will face a significant and unfair disadvantage under proposed changes to the Canada Pension Plan. Canada’s largest union is urging the federal government to address troubling gaps in legislation to expand the CPP that will harm workers already vulnerable to post-retirement poverty.
“Women and persons with disabilities are far more reliant on public pensions. It is deeply troubling that the Liberal federal government is abandoning these already vulnerable workers in the urgently needed expansion of the CPP,” said Mark Hancock, national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
