The Council of Canadians with Disabilities Supports Quebecer, Jonathan Marchand, as he brings his cage in front of the National Assembly in Quebec to obtain his and his friends’ release from long-term care facilities – Accessibility News International

August 17, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community

WINNIPEG The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), a national disability rights organization, is expressing its support for 43-year-old Jonathan Marchand as he begins a protest to obtain his and his friends release from long-term care facilities in Quebec. Marchand, who uses a ventilator, has escaped from his long-term care facility (CHSLD) and is camping […]

COVID-19 exposes cracks in disability aid – Accessibility News International

August 7, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community

Adina BresgeThe Canadian Press, August 6, 2020 Karyn Keith says she isn’t asking for much. All she wants is the same support she’d receive if she was out of a job because of the pandemic, rather than unable to work because of her disabilities. The 44-year-old mother in Brampton, Ont., said she lives with constant […]

Delayed COVID-19 Support Another Example of government’s Inequitable Treatment of Disabled Canadians – Accessibility News International

August 6, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community

Hanna WarsameThe Pigeon, Aug. 4, 2020Editor’s Note: The source interviewed for this piece uses disability-first language to describe herself, and The Pigeon has adapted our language accordingly. We acknowledge that this is not a universal preference. The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) was announced in March 2020 to support Canadians struggling financially due to COVID-19. […]

It’s Time to Unify the Disability Movement – Accessibility News International

August 5, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community

Al Etmanski and Kathleen O’GradyGlobe and Mail, August 4, 2020 A decision to issue one time, $600 federal payments to Canadians with disabilities, in order to cover the extraordinary expenses they have incurred because of COVID-19, has finally received royal assent. But it’s too little, too late, and reaches too few. The $600 amount is […]

15 Moments Within the Fight for Disability Rights – Accessibility News International

July 27, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community

By Julia CarmelNew York Times, July 26, 2020 The disability civil rights movement has many distinct narratives, but the prevailing themes are of community, justice and equity. As with every other civil rights movement, the fight for disability rights is one that challenges negative attitudes and pushes back against oppression. But it is also more […]

COVID-19 Causing Long Delays for Guide Dogs, Charity Says – Accessibility News International

July 22, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community

Manotick organization says blind clients waiting months to get their service animals CBC NewsPosted: Jul 20, 2020 Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind, a charity based in the south Ottawa community of Manotick, says its clients have been waiting months for service animals as COVID-19 has made it difficult to do their normal work. When […]

Minister Qualtrough Announces New Details on Proposed Financial Support for Persons With Disabilities(PWDs) During COVID-19 – Accessibility News International

July 20, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community

News provided byEmployment and Social Development Canada GATINEAU, QC, July 17, 2020 /CNW/ – The Government of Canada continues to take immediate, significant and decisive action to ensure that the needs of all Canadians are supported during the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, the Government announced a series of measures to help Canadians with disabilities navigate […]

Brandt-CNIB Regina Development Scandal – Accessibility News International

July 17, 2020 / by BBG Security / CNIB, Community

Ordinary citizens protested the secretive Brandt-CNIB development that would have developed commercial real estate on a provincially owned park in Regina. They are willing to fight it in court. Regina City Council repeatedly protested the Brandt-CNIB development and it passed two motions against it calling for more transparency. The Saskatchewan Provincial Capital Commission’s Board passed […]

City’s Amphibious Wheelchairs Put the Beach Within Reach – Accessibility News International

July 15, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community, Transportation

Specially designed chairs can traverse soft sand, go into the water CBC News, July 13, 2020 All her life, whenever Delaney Dunlop’s friends asked her to go to the beach, she’d decline. The 30-year-old’s battery-powered wheelchair just wasn’t built to traverse the sand. “It took like six people to get it out of the sand,” […]

Peterborough Kiwanis Donates Trail Chairs to Camp Kawartha – Accessibility News International

June 30, 2020 / by BBG Security / built environment, Community

By Caroline McConnell, Special to the ExaminerMon., June 29, 2020 The hiking trails at Camp Kawartha, both at the main site on Clear Lake and others behind the Environment Centre in Peterborough, just became more accessible thanks to a generous donation of two specialized trail chairs by The Kiwanis Club of Peterborough and Motion Peterborough. […]

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