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Category: Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: “Do Better” – Inclusion Canada Welcomes UN Committee’s Concluding Observations on Canada’s Disability Rights Record 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMARCH 26, 2025  OTTAWA, ON – Canada has received a critical review by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the CRPD Committee). Canada has been directed to repeal Track 2 medical assistance in dying (MAiD), raise the “woefully inadequate” Canada Disability Benefit rate, and address regional disparities in how … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: Not Good Enough – Final Canada Disability Benefit Regulations Miss the Mark for People with Disabilities

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMARCH 18, 2025 Ottawa, ON – The Government of Canada has released the final regulations for the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), but they fail to provide the financial security that people with intellectual disabilities and their families need. While long-awaited, the benefit does not go far enough to address disability poverty. Inclusion Canada … Continued

PRESS RELEASE – A Person Dying Everyday: Canadian Disability Advocates Highlight Canada’s Controversial MAiD Program at United Nations Review

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMARCH 10, 2025 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Canadian disability advocates are sounding the alarm and raising urgent concerns over Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program, highlighting potential violations of disability rights as Canada prepares for review by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on March 10-11, 2025. … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: FALL ECONOMIC STATEMENT MISSES THE MARK: POLITICAL UPHEAVAL AND NEW SPENDING IGNORE URGENT NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 17, 2024 TORONTO, ON – On a day of political upheaval in Ottawa, the federal government yesterday released its Fall Economic Statement (FES) with new priorities and new spending—but no meaningful progress to lift people with disabilities out of poverty. Inclusion Canada is deeply disappointed that, despite Minister Chrystia Freeland’s resignation and … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: MANITOBA’S LAST INSTITUTION FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES NOW CLOSED PERMANENTLY

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 10, 2024 WINNIPEG, MB – Today, on Human Rights Day, the last institution for people with intellectual disabilities in Manitoba, the Manitoba Developmental Centre (MDC), closes its doors for good. Inclusion Canada and Community Living Manitoba celebrates the advocacy that led to the closure of MDC and recognizes the hard work and … Continued

$1M Gift to Inclusion Canada from The Slaight Family Foundation for Disability Inclusion and the Advancement of Inclusive Housing

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For Immediate Release December 3, 2024  TORONTO, ON – Inclusion Canada expresses it heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to The Slaight Family Foundation for their extraordinary $30 million commitment to advancing disability inclusion across Canada. We are especially honoured by the $1 million contribution to Inclusion Canada to advance our work on inclusive housing for people with intellectual disabilities.    … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: INCLUSION SASKATCHEWAN AND INCLUSION CANADA OUTRAGED AT GOVERNMENT OF SASKATCHEWAN’S ANNOUNCED EXPANSION OF SEGREGATED CLASSROOMS

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENOVEMBER 29, 2024 REGINA, SK – People with disabilities are shocked and outraged by the Government of Saskatchewan’s plan to expand its Specialized Support Classroom Pilot Project – a euphemism for segregation. On November 25, Minister of Education Everett Hindley announced that their specialized support classrooms pilot would expand from 8 to 200 … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: NEW BOOK REVEALS THE TAPROOT OF DISABILITY INJUSTICE – THE LAW

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2024 HALIFAX, NS – Dulcie McCallum’s new book, The Audacity of Inclusion: Fighting for the Equality of Persons Labelled Intellectually Disabled was released this week. Dulcie, a renowned human rights lawyer, long-time advocate for persons with an intellectual disability, author of the Need to Know report on systemic abuse at Woodlands, and a key member … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: Disability Rights Coalition Challenges Discriminatory Sections of Canada’s Assisted Dying Law in Court

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESEPTEMBER 26, 2024 TORONTO, ON – A coalition of disability rights organizations and two personally affected individuals have filed a Charter challenge with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. They oppose Track 2 of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) law, which provides assisted suicide to people with a disability who are not … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: Budget 2024 Disappoints – Major Shortfalls in Canada Disability Benefit Funding & Eligibility

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For Immediate ReleaseApril 17, 2024 OTTAWA, ON – Inclusion Canada expresses profound disappointment over the inadequate funding allocated to the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) in Budget 2024. The announced funding falls far short of what is necessary to fulfill the program’s primary objective: lifting people with disabilities out of poverty. Budget 2024 announced funding of $6.1 … Continued