Publications
CCD keeps its members and others informed by publishing reports and newsletters.
Voice of Our Own
This quarterly newsletter updates the community on the activities of CCD and its member organizations.
Chairperson's Update
In this monthly newsletter, CCDs Chairperson shares information about the work undertaken by the National Council of Representatives, Committees, volunteers and staff.
March 4, 2010
CCD Chairperson's Update: February 2010
This month at CCD we have seen it all, ranging from a positive decision by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in the Hughes case where CCD had Interested Party status to faxed hate mail as a result of our media work on the Barlagne case. These two very disparate responses to CCD's initiatives, demonstrate the critical importance of the work that our organizations undertake in support of an inclusive and accessible Canada. In this Update, I share with you a chronology of the issues that CCD addressed this month. Read more.
February 11, 2010
CCD Chairperson's Update: January 2010
What to Do When the House Prorogues?
CCD's answer to the question is: Continue to promote an accessible and inclusive Canada. While political parties may need to recalibrate, the disability community's National Action Plan remains a current and accurate reflection of needed policy reform in support of barrier removal. During the House of Commons' extended break, CCD's volunteers and staff are creating opportunities for getting our recommendations on the political agenda. I encourage you to meet with your Member of Parliament and discuss the National Action Plan. In this edition, I summarize CCD's recent activities. Read more.
January 13, 2010
CCD Chairperson's Update: December 2009
In preparation for the work ahead of us this year, I would like to remind everyone of the remarkable achievements that the disability rights movement accomplished during the last 12 months. While others might create a different list, this is CCD’s top ten countdown for this past year: Read more.
CCD Weblog
February 19, 2010
Body Scanners: Will They Be Accessible?
CCD is urging the Government of Canada to ensure that Canada's security measures will not adversely impact on travelers with disabilities Read more.
December 15, 2009
In From the Margin
The motion passed by the House of Commons calling for an immediate plan to eliminate poverty, and the tabling on December 3rd in the House of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which includes Article 28 on an adequate standard of living, makes CCD optimistic that long overdue work on poverty is about to begin. Read more.
November 10, 2009
Remembrance Day
On Remembrance Day, CCD encourages Canadians to remember both those who have lost lives due to war and those who have acquired a disability as a result of war. Read more.
Reports
March 4, 2010
BOLD FEASIBILITIES: A NEW POLICY SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE FOR CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES
In proposing a new social policy architecture for disability income benefits, this submission has four aims: first, to emphasize the serious problems of poverty facing hundreds of thousands of Canadians with physical and mental disabilities; second, to outline how a new national program of Basic Income for people with severe disabilities would interact with a Refundable Disability Tax Credit as well as existing federal and provincial income programs and tax measures; third, to propose specific reforms to the Employment Insurance Sickness benefit and the Canada Pension Plan Disability program; and, fourth, to identify other initiatives that could comprise an overall federal agenda on disability issues facing Canadians. Read more.
February 22, 2010
Covarrubias v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 2006 FCA 365 (F.C.A.)
The Court concluded that s. 97(1)(b)(iv) is meant to be broadly interpreted, so that only in rare cases would the onus on the refugee applicant be met. Proof of is required that the country is not unable to furnish medical care that is adequate for the applicant or, in other words, that the country is able to provide medical care, but chooses not to. Read more.
February 22, 2010
Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Colaco, 2007 FCA 282
In response to the Colaco decision, Citzenship & Immigration Canada issued Operational Bulletin 063 on September 24, 2008 which states, “It is clear from the [Colaco] judgment that the Court views Hilewitz and de Jong as applying to all categories of immigrants.” As a result, medical officers “must consider all evidence presented by an applicant, before making a decision of inadmissibility due to excessive demand on social services.” Read more.