Speech October 23, 2018 Parliament of Canada Ottawa, Ontario Check against delivery Accessibility for all Canadians Thank you, Mr. Chair, for this opportunity to participate in the Committee’s review of Bill C-81, an Act to ensure a barrier-free Canada. I’d like to begin by acknowledging that we meet today on traditional Algonquin territory. My name […]
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We were going to meet friends for lunch, Joe wanted to pop up to the room to drop off stuff we didn’t need. I pulled over and waited, not realizing that I had backed into place beside a luggage cart. As soon as I saw it I fled and parked much further away. I sat […]
Highlighting from Canadian Association for Community Living what was Tracy Latimer about 25 years ago sad part of movement . This what we don’t want see happen in our society. October 24th, 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of Tracy Latimer’s death by homicide. On this day in 1993, 12-year-old Tracy would be loaded into the cab […]
Victoria Tuesday, October 23, 2018 11:30 AM Proposed changes to the Parking Rights Tax will help TransLink fund major transit and transportation improvements to keep people and goods moving quickly, safely and affordably in Metro Vancouver. Changes to the Parking Rights Tax are part of TransLink’s Phase 2 Investment Plan and will help the […]
Victoria Monday, October 22, 2018 11:45 AM Seniors and adults living with cognitive and physical challenges will have strengthened supports to help them live independently with a significant increase in the number of adult day program spaces on Vancouver Island. As part of the Province’s investment of $75 million over the next three years […]
Okay, at this conference I presented on Disability Informed Treatment (Support) which asks service providers or clinicians to firstly acknowledge disability in a real way and then to see the disabled person in context of the system that supports them, the society that rejects them, and the power dynamic you are in with them. It’s […]
The conference I am at is spread over two hotels with sessions happening in each. The morning session I had chosen yesterday, the one following the keynote, was in the other hotel. To get there I had to go out and push up a fairly steep hill for a fairly long way. I made it […]
Joe and I had to do laundry when we arrived off the boat in Vancouver. We found one that was near a gay bookstore, so Joe went to do laundry and I went to browse around the store. The book area of the store has fairly narrow aisles but I was, if careful, able to […]
(left to right) Aaron Pietras, Marcela Herrera (CLS Director of Residential Community Inclusion), Gillian Rhodes (CLS Chief Operating Officer), Ross Chilton (CLS Chief Executive Officer), Cassie Campbell and Christopher Ham view plans for a new inclusive housing development being built in their community of New Westminster. Aaron Pietras, Cassie Campbell and Christopher Ham are looking […]
