Equality Rights – Inclusion Canada

PRESS RELEASE: Accessible Canada Act & Enhancement to Opportunities Fund Offers Significant Progress for Persons with an Intellectual Disability & Their Families

June 21, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 21, 2018 Toronto, ON – Inclusion Canada is greatly encouraged by the introduction of the Accessible Canada Act (Bill C-81). The Bill has many promising components, and Inclusion Canada looks forward to participating in the legislative review to ensure strong and effective legislation that makes real progress in building an inclusive … Continued

Human rights violations and systemic discrimination against people with an intellectual disability persist in Canada and around the world – despite Canada and over 150 other State Parties having ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

We are dedicated to attaining full participation in community life by advancing human rights to ensure equality for all Canadians.

Joint Submission by CACL, Inclusion International, and the International Disability Alliance on Canada, 61st Session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CACL - National Report Card 2012

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PRESS RELEASE: Nova Scotia Heading to Reject Charter Rights of People with Disabilities

October 17, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 16, 2017 HALIFAX – In a stunning maneuver this morning, the Law Amendments Committee of the Nova Scotia Legislature voted to send to the Legislature a Bill that would fundamentally entrench denial of Charter-protected rights to life, liberty and security of people with intellectual, cognitive, and psychosocial disabilities in the province. Introduced … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: Nova Scotia Bill – An Alarming Violation of Human Rights

October 3, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 3, 2017 HALIFAX – The Adult Capacity and Decision-Making Act introduced in the Nova Scotia Assembly Monday falls far short of its stated aim to “promote the dignity, autonomy, independence, social inclusion and freedom of decision-making of adults” who have intellectual and other disabilities. Minister of Justice Mark Furey assures that the Bill finds the … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: UN Calls on Canada to Create National Action Plan to Ensure Rights of Canadians with Disabilities

April 13, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2017 TORONTO – The United Nations called on Canada today to address the “persisting gaps in the exercise and enjoyment of rights by persons with disabilities, such as education, work and employment and an adequate standard of living, including due to lack of affordable housing and access to water and sanitation”. … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: Law Commission of Ontario Rejects Proposals to Advance Rights of People with an Intellectual Disability

March 8, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2017 TORONTO – On March 8, the Law Commission of Ontario released its long awaited Final Report on Legal Capacity, Decision-Making and Guardianship. The report goes to some length to flatly reject detailed proposals it received from the Coalition on Alternatives to Guardianship, which includes Community Living Ontario, People First … Continued

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