Logan Turner, CBC News, August 31, 2020 Petition calls on government to require braille or tactile symbols on consumer product warning labels. Jo-Hannah Atchison of Kenora, Ont. has inspired a House of Commons petition calling on the government to require Braille or tactile symbols on consumer product warning labels. Samantha Atchison of Kenora, Ont. remembers…
View point, Canadian Human Rights Reporter, August 12, 2020 One in five Canadians lives with one or more disabilities. Everyday these 6.2 million individuals encounter various barriers. These barriers prevent persons with disabilities from participating fully in all aspects of society. It is thus not surprising that 60 percent of complaints received by the Canadian…
Al Etmanski and Kathleen O’Grady, The Globe 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 is too little, too late, and reaches too few. The $600…
Hanna Warsame, Contributor, The Pigeon, August 4, 2020 Disabled Canadians spent months waiting for federal COVID-19 benefits. The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) was announced in March 2020 to support Canadians struggling financially due to COVID-19. Since then, 8.46 million Canadians have applied for the benefit, and 86 per cent of Canadians have agreed the…
