IL Canada - In the news
2009
Program for the disabled lost in Haiti's rubble
Despite the odds, Canadian Marika MacRae, head of the charity Pazapa, insists the organization will carry on
January 24, 2010
Marika MacRae is waiting with her two young children at Jacmel's airport, now under Canadian military control, for seats on any flight returning to Canada. Her papers are in order, but not much is available. Maybe she'll get out today; maybe tomorrow. Read More ...
Government of Canada Tables Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Canadians with Disabilities Celebrate Good News across the Country and See an End in Sight to institutionalization and 2nd Class Citizenship!
December 4, 2009
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that the Government of Canada tabled the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, fittingly on Dec. 3, the United Nation’s Day for Persons with Disabilities. Read More...
Government of Canada Tables Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(No. 368 - December 3, 2009 - 11 a.m. EST)
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that the Government of Canada today tabled in the House of Commons the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Read More...
Minister Finley marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 2, 2009
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities today.Read More...
Wasylycia-Leis Calls For End To Genetic Discrimination
October 5, 2009
OTTAWA – Insurance companies must not be allowed to use genetic tests or family medical histories to deny coverage to Canadians, says New Democrat Health Critic Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg-North). Read More...
Important information on the Canadian transportation agency’s code of practice: aircraft accessibility for persons with disabilities.
September 2009
The Canadian Transportation Agency has produced two implementation guides to help Canadian air carriers meet two provisions in the Code of Practice: Aircraft Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities, which are applicable to fixed wing aircraft with 30 or more passenger seats. Read More...
CCDS Annual events
August 26th, 2009
THE CANADIAN CENTRE ON DISABILITY STUDIES invites YOU to its annual events:
"CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE WORLD BY LEARNING AND ACTING TOGETHER" Read More...
RDSP holders still waiting: Bank of Montreal pays price for being first off the mark.
August 8, 2009 - The Ottawa Citizen
If you are one of 15,000 Canadians who signed up for a registered disability savings plan (RDSP) by the March 2 deadline, you may be asking what happened to your matching government grant. Read More...
New website signals countdown to global feminist conference.
July 15, 2009 - Media Advisory
Today’s launch of www.womensworlds.ca – a trilingual website devoted to a 2011 global feminist event – signals the start of a countdown to what will likely be the largest women’s conference in Canada’s history: Women’s Worlds 2011 (WW 2011). Read More...
Independent Living Canada Reducing their Environmental Footprint
July 7, 2009 - Press Release
IL Canada’s head office recently joined Ecology Ottawa’s Green Buildings & Workplaces Challenge, a program created to help organizations reduce the environmental footprint of their building. Read More...
Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) Opposes Bill C-384
June 18, 2009 - Press Release
Winnipeg—The COUNCIL OF CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES (CCD) believes that everyone who supports disability rights should oppose Bill C-384 which would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide and put Canadians with disabilities at risk! Read More...
Letter to Dave Shannon from Rick Goodfellow
April 14, 2009
On behalf of all of us at Independent Living Canada I am writing to offer congratulations in helping make the North Pole wheelchair accessible. Read More...
The North Pole – Accessible?
April 13, 2009
I guess so! If you haven’t heard yet, Dave Shannon, a previous board member of IL Canada, lawyer, disability rights advocate, and now frontier explorer, became the first person in history with quadriplegia and in a wheelchair to reach the North Pole. Read More...
Pressure Mounting for Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
March 30, 2009 - Council of Canadians with Disabilities
Today marks the second anniversary of Canada’s participation in the signing ceremony for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which took place at the United Nations. Read More...
North Pole To Be Made Wheelchair Accessible
March 19, 2009
Thunder Bay Lawyers and social activists David Shannon and Christopher Watkins are preparing an expedition to the North Pole. Read More...
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
March 17, 2009 - 40th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION - ORDER PAPER QUESTION Q-6.
Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis:
With respect to United Nations conventions and treaties to which Canada is a signatory: (a) what are the federal government’s criteria for assessing individual provincial and ... Read More...
Medical certification for access to the "one person, one fare" program.
January 10, 2009
Canada's three major airlines will now require a doctor's note from disabled or obese passengers seeking a second seat free of charge, a requirement that the Canadian Medical Association calls an undue pressure on the country's doctors. Read More...
2008
Political and disability leaders gather to end institutionalization and segregation of people with disabilities in Canada.
December 3, 2008 - Press Release
At this year’s United Nation’s International Day for People with Disabilities event hosted by Independent Living Canada (an organization run by and for people with disabilities), political and disability leaders gathered at the War Museum in Ottawa to speak about ending the continued segregation and institutionalization of people with disabilities. Read More...
Canadians with Disabilities Win Another Historic Transportation Access Battle.
November 20, 2008
Today the Supreme Court of Canada denied Air Canada and WestJet’s request to appeal the decision of the Canadian Transportation Agency which requires the airlines to accommodate persons who need additional seating space because of their disability. Read More...
Outdated Attitudes Cost Trillions to the Economy - Change Attitudes Change Society - New Name Says it all.
May 1, 2008
After 21 years we have changed our name from the Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres or CAILC to Independent Living Canada. Read More...
Parking frustrations intensify for disabled.
July 31-August 6, 2008 edition - Vaughan Perspectives
It can be frustrating to see the average driver get away with parking in a handicap spot.But imagine legitimately parking in a disabled parking spot as a disabled driver, only to find a $300 ticket on your windshield. Read More...
Disabled Canadians to pay single fare; Severely obese no longer charged double on domestic flights.
Jan. 11, 2008 - Ottawa Citizen
Canadian airline passengers with disabilities, including passengers in wheelchairs and the severely obese, will no longer have to pay double fares for an extra seat on domestic flights, the Canadian Transportation Agency ruled yesterday. Read More...
Disabled win in airline ruling; Domestic airlines can't charge severely disabled extra fares for their caregivers or more seats.
Jan 11, 2008 - The Toronto Star
In what's being called a "landmark victory" for Canadians with disabilities, domestic airlines will no longer be allowed to charge extra fares for severely disabled people who need to travel with a caregiver or require more than one seat on a plane. Read More...
Reaction to Landmark Canadian Transportation Agency Decision: Disabled Canadians Jubilant to Have Transport Barrier Removed.
Jan 10, 2008 - Media Release - CCD
Today the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) released a landmark decision concerning the right of individuals with disabilities to travel by air without having to pay for a second seat, for an attendant or other use, to accommodate their disability. Read More...
Minister Finley marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 2, 2009
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities today.Read More...
Wasylycia-Leis Calls For End To Genetic Discrimination
October 5, 2009
OTTAWA – Insurance companies must not be allowed to use genetic tests or family medical histories to deny coverage to Canadians, says New Democrat Health Critic Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg-North). Read More...
Important information on the Canadian transportation agency’s code of practice: aircraft accessibility for persons with disabilities.
September 2009
The Canadian Transportation Agency has produced two implementation guides to help Canadian air carriers meet two provisions in the Code of Practice: Aircraft Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities, which are applicable to fixed wing aircraft with 30 or more passenger seats. Read More...
CCDS Annual events
August 26th, 2009
THE CANADIAN CENTRE ON DISABILITY STUDIES invites YOU to its annual events:
"CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE WORLD BY LEARNING AND ACTING TOGETHER" Read More...
RDSP holders still waiting: Bank of Montreal pays price for being first off the mark.
August 8, 2009 - The Ottawa Citizen
If you are one of 15,000 Canadians who signed up for a registered disability savings plan (RDSP) by the March 2 deadline, you may be asking what happened to your matching government grant. Read More...
New website signals countdown to global feminist conference.
July 15, 2009 - Media Advisory
Today’s launch of www.womensworlds.ca – a trilingual website devoted to a 2011 global feminist event – signals the start of a countdown to what will likely be the largest women’s conference in Canada’s history: Women’s Worlds 2011 (WW 2011). Read More...
Independent Living Canada Reducing their Environmental Footprint
July 7, 2009 - Press Release
IL Canada’s head office recently joined Ecology Ottawa’s Green Buildings & Workplaces Challenge, a program created to help organizations reduce the environmental footprint of their building. Read More...
Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) Opposes Bill C-384
June 18, 2009 - Press Release
Winnipeg—The COUNCIL OF CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES (CCD) believes that everyone who supports disability rights should oppose Bill C-384 which would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide and put Canadians with disabilities at risk! Read More...
Letter to Dave Shannon from Rick Goodfellow
April 14, 2009
On behalf of all of us at Independent Living Canada I am writing to offer congratulations in helping make the North Pole wheelchair accessible. Read More...
The North Pole – Accessible?
April 13, 2009
I guess so! If you haven’t heard yet, Dave Shannon, a previous board member of IL Canada, lawyer, disability rights advocate, and now frontier explorer, became the first person in history with quadriplegia and in a wheelchair to reach the North Pole. Read More...
Pressure Mounting for Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
March 30, 2009 - Council of Canadians with Disabilities
Today marks the second anniversary of Canada’s participation in the signing ceremony for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which took place at the United Nations. Read More...
North Pole To Be Made Wheelchair Accessible
March 19, 2009
Thunder Bay Lawyers and social activists David Shannon and Christopher Watkins are preparing an expedition to the North Pole. Read More...
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
March 17, 2009 - 40th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION - ORDER PAPER QUESTION Q-6.
Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis:
With respect to United Nations conventions and treaties to which Canada is a signatory: (a) what are the federal government’s criteria for assessing individual provincial and ... Read More...
Medical certification for access to the "one person, one fare" program.
January 10, 2009
Canada's three major airlines will now require a doctor's note from disabled or obese passengers seeking a second seat free of charge, a requirement that the Canadian Medical Association calls an undue pressure on the country's doctors. Read More...
2008
Political and disability leaders gather to end institutionalization and segregation of people with disabilities in Canada.
December 3, 2008 - Press Release
At this year’s United Nation’s International Day for People with Disabilities event hosted by Independent Living Canada (an organization run by and for people with disabilities), political and disability leaders gathered at the War Museum in Ottawa to speak about ending the continued segregation and institutionalization of people with disabilities. Read More...
Canadians with Disabilities Win Another Historic Transportation Access Battle.
November 20, 2008
Today the Supreme Court of Canada denied Air Canada and WestJet’s request to appeal the decision of the Canadian Transportation Agency which requires the airlines to accommodate persons who need additional seating space because of their disability. Read More...
Outdated Attitudes Cost Trillions to the Economy - Change Attitudes Change Society - New Name Says it all.
May 1, 2008
After 21 years we have changed our name from the Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres or CAILC to Independent Living Canada. Read More...
Parking frustrations intensify for disabled.
July 31-August 6, 2008 edition - Vaughan Perspectives
It can be frustrating to see the average driver get away with parking in a handicap spot.But imagine legitimately parking in a disabled parking spot as a disabled driver, only to find a $300 ticket on your windshield. Read More...
Disabled Canadians to pay single fare; Severely obese no longer charged double on domestic flights.
Jan. 11, 2008 - Ottawa Citizen
Canadian airline passengers with disabilities, including passengers in wheelchairs and the severely obese, will no longer have to pay double fares for an extra seat on domestic flights, the Canadian Transportation Agency ruled yesterday. Read More...
Disabled win in airline ruling; Domestic airlines can't charge severely disabled extra fares for their caregivers or more seats.
Jan 11, 2008 - The Toronto Star
In what's being called a "landmark victory" for Canadians with disabilities, domestic airlines will no longer be allowed to charge extra fares for severely disabled people who need to travel with a caregiver or require more than one seat on a plane. Read More...
Reaction to Landmark Canadian Transportation Agency Decision: Disabled Canadians Jubilant to Have Transport Barrier Removed.
Jan 10, 2008 - Media Release - CCD
Today the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) released a landmark decision concerning the right of individuals with disabilities to travel by air without having to pay for a second seat, for an attendant or other use, to accommodate their disability. Read More...
Government of Canada Tables Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(No. 368 - December 3, 2009 - 11 a.m. EST)
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that the Government of Canada today tabled in the House of Commons the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Read More...
Minister Finley marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 2, 2009
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities today.Read More...
Wasylycia-Leis Calls For End To Genetic Discrimination
October 5, 2009
OTTAWA – Insurance companies must not be allowed to use genetic tests or family medical histories to deny coverage to Canadians, says New Democrat Health Critic Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg-North). Read More...
Important information on the Canadian transportation agency’s code of practice: aircraft accessibility for persons with disabilities.
September 2009
The Canadian Transportation Agency has produced two implementation guides to help Canadian air carriers meet two provisions in the Code of Practice: Aircraft Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities, which are applicable to fixed wing aircraft with 30 or more passenger seats. Read More...
CCDS Annual events
August 26th, 2009
THE CANADIAN CENTRE ON DISABILITY STUDIES invites YOU to its annual events:
"CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE WORLD BY LEARNING AND ACTING TOGETHER" Read More...
RDSP holders still waiting: Bank of Montreal pays price for being first off the mark.
August 8, 2009 - The Ottawa Citizen
If you are one of 15,000 Canadians who signed up for a registered disability savings plan (RDSP) by the March 2 deadline, you may be asking what happened to your matching government grant. Read More...
New website signals countdown to global feminist conference.
July 15, 2009 - Media Advisory
Today’s launch of www.womensworlds.ca – a trilingual website devoted to a 2011 global feminist event – signals the start of a countdown to what will likely be the largest women’s conference in Canada’s history: Women’s Worlds 2011 (WW 2011). Read More...
Independent Living Canada Reducing their Environmental Footprint
July 7, 2009 - Press Release
IL Canada’s head office recently joined Ecology Ottawa’s Green Buildings & Workplaces Challenge, a program created to help organizations reduce the environmental footprint of their building. Read More...
Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) Opposes Bill C-384
June 18, 2009 - Press Release
Winnipeg—The COUNCIL OF CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES (CCD) believes that everyone who supports disability rights should oppose Bill C-384 which would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide and put Canadians with disabilities at risk! Read More...
Letter to Dave Shannon from Rick Goodfellow
April 14, 2009
On behalf of all of us at Independent Living Canada I am writing to offer congratulations in helping make the North Pole wheelchair accessible. Read More...
The North Pole – Accessible?
April 13, 2009
I guess so! If you haven’t heard yet, Dave Shannon, a previous board member of IL Canada, lawyer, disability rights advocate, and now frontier explorer, became the first person in history with quadriplegia and in a wheelchair to reach the North Pole. Read More...
Pressure Mounting for Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
March 30, 2009 - Council of Canadians with Disabilities
Today marks the second anniversary of Canada’s participation in the signing ceremony for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which took place at the United Nations. Read More...
North Pole To Be Made Wheelchair Accessible
March 19, 2009
Thunder Bay Lawyers and social activists David Shannon and Christopher Watkins are preparing an expedition to the North Pole. Read More...
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
March 17, 2009 - 40th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION - ORDER PAPER QUESTION Q-6.
Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis:
With respect to United Nations conventions and treaties to which Canada is a signatory: (a) what are the federal government’s criteria for assessing individual provincial and ... Read More...
Medical certification for access to the "one person, one fare" program.
January 10, 2009
Canada's three major airlines will now require a doctor's note from disabled or obese passengers seeking a second seat free of charge, a requirement that the Canadian Medical Association calls an undue pressure on the country's doctors. Read More...
2008
Political and disability leaders gather to end institutionalization and segregation of people with disabilities in Canada.
December 3, 2008 - Press Release
At this year’s United Nation’s International Day for People with Disabilities event hosted by Independent Living Canada (an organization run by and for people with disabilities), political and disability leaders gathered at the War Museum in Ottawa to speak about ending the continued segregation and institutionalization of people with disabilities. Read More...
Canadians with Disabilities Win Another Historic Transportation Access Battle.
November 20, 2008
Today the Supreme Court of Canada denied Air Canada and WestJet’s request to appeal the decision of the Canadian Transportation Agency which requires the airlines to accommodate persons who need additional seating space because of their disability. Read More...
Outdated Attitudes Cost Trillions to the Economy - Change Attitudes Change Society - New Name Says it all.
May 1, 2008
After 21 years we have changed our name from the Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres or CAILC to Independent Living Canada. Read More...
Parking frustrations intensify for disabled.
July 31-August 6, 2008 edition - Vaughan Perspectives
It can be frustrating to see the average driver get away with parking in a handicap spot.But imagine legitimately parking in a disabled parking spot as a disabled driver, only to find a $300 ticket on your windshield. Read More...
Disabled Canadians to pay single fare; Severely obese no longer charged double on domestic flights.
Jan. 11, 2008 - Ottawa Citizen
Canadian airline passengers with disabilities, including passengers in wheelchairs and the severely obese, will no longer have to pay double fares for an extra seat on domestic flights, the Canadian Transportation Agency ruled yesterday. Read More...
Disabled win in airline ruling; Domestic airlines can't charge severely disabled extra fares for their caregivers or more seats.
Jan 11, 2008 - The Toronto Star
In what's being called a "landmark victory" for Canadians with disabilities, domestic airlines will no longer be allowed to charge extra fares for severely disabled people who need to travel with a caregiver or require more than one seat on a plane. Read More...
Reaction to Landmark Canadian Transportation Agency Decision: Disabled Canadians Jubilant to Have Transport Barrier Removed.
Jan 10, 2008 - Media Release - CCD
Today the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) released a landmark decision concerning the right of individuals with disabilities to travel by air without having to pay for a second seat, for an attendant or other use, to accommodate their disability. Read More...
Minister Finley marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 2, 2009
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities today.Read More...
Wasylycia-Leis Calls For End To Genetic Discrimination
October 5, 2009
OTTAWA – Insurance companies must not be allowed to use genetic tests or family medical histories to deny coverage to Canadians, says New Democrat Health Critic Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg-North). Read More...
Important information on the Canadian transportation agency’s code of practice: aircraft accessibility for persons with disabilities.
September 2009
The Canadian Transportation Agency has produced two implementation guides to help Canadian air carriers meet two provisions in the Code of Practice: Aircraft Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities, which are applicable to fixed wing aircraft with 30 or more passenger seats. Read More...
CCDS Annual events
August 26th, 2009
THE CANADIAN CENTRE ON DISABILITY STUDIES invites YOU to its annual events:
"CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE WORLD BY LEARNING AND ACTING TOGETHER" Read More...
RDSP holders still waiting: Bank of Montreal pays price for being first off the mark.
August 8, 2009 - The Ottawa Citizen
If you are one of 15,000 Canadians who signed up for a registered disability savings plan (RDSP) by the March 2 deadline, you may be asking what happened to your matching government grant. Read More...
New website signals countdown to global feminist conference.
July 15, 2009 - Media Advisory
Today’s launch of www.womensworlds.ca – a trilingual website devoted to a 2011 global feminist event – signals the start of a countdown to what will likely be the largest women’s conference in Canada’s history: Women’s Worlds 2011 (WW 2011). Read More...
Independent Living Canada Reducing their Environmental Footprint
July 7, 2009 - Press Release
IL Canada’s head office recently joined Ecology Ottawa’s Green Buildings & Workplaces Challenge, a program created to help organizations reduce the environmental footprint of their building. Read More...
Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) Opposes Bill C-384
June 18, 2009 - Press Release
Winnipeg—The COUNCIL OF CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES (CCD) believes that everyone who supports disability rights should oppose Bill C-384 which would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide and put Canadians with disabilities at risk! Read More...
Letter to Dave Shannon from Rick Goodfellow
April 14, 2009
On behalf of all of us at Independent Living Canada I am writing to offer congratulations in helping make the North Pole wheelchair accessible. Read More...
The North Pole – Accessible?
April 13, 2009
I guess so! If you haven’t heard yet, Dave Shannon, a previous board member of IL Canada, lawyer, disability rights advocate, and now frontier explorer, became the first person in history with quadriplegia and in a wheelchair to reach the North Pole. Read More...
Pressure Mounting for Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
March 30, 2009 - Council of Canadians with Disabilities
Today marks the second anniversary of Canada’s participation in the signing ceremony for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which took place at the United Nations. Read More...
North Pole To Be Made Wheelchair Accessible
March 19, 2009
Thunder Bay Lawyers and social activists David Shannon and Christopher Watkins are preparing an expedition to the North Pole. Read More...
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
March 17, 2009 - 40th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION - ORDER PAPER QUESTION Q-6.
Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis:
With respect to United Nations conventions and treaties to which Canada is a signatory: (a) what are the federal government’s criteria for assessing individual provincial and ... Read More...
Medical certification for access to the "one person, one fare" program.
January 10, 2009
Canada's three major airlines will now require a doctor's note from disabled or obese passengers seeking a second seat free of charge, a requirement that the Canadian Medical Association calls an undue pressure on the country's doctors. Read More...
2008
Political and disability leaders gather to end institutionalization and segregation of people with disabilities in Canada.
December 3, 2008 - Press Release
At this year’s United Nation’s International Day for People with Disabilities event hosted by Independent Living Canada (an organization run by and for people with disabilities), political and disability leaders gathered at the War Museum in Ottawa to speak about ending the continued segregation and institutionalization of people with disabilities. Read More...
Canadians with Disabilities Win Another Historic Transportation Access Battle.
November 20, 2008
Today the Supreme Court of Canada denied Air Canada and WestJet’s request to appeal the decision of the Canadian Transportation Agency which requires the airlines to accommodate persons who need additional seating space because of their disability. Read More...
Outdated Attitudes Cost Trillions to the Economy - Change Attitudes Change Society - New Name Says it all.
May 1, 2008
After 21 years we have changed our name from the Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres or CAILC to Independent Living Canada. Read More...
Parking frustrations intensify for disabled.
July 31-August 6, 2008 edition - Vaughan Perspectives
It can be frustrating to see the average driver get away with parking in a handicap spot.But imagine legitimately parking in a disabled parking spot as a disabled driver, only to find a $300 ticket on your windshield. Read More...
Disabled Canadians to pay single fare; Severely obese no longer charged double on domestic flights.
Jan. 11, 2008 - Ottawa Citizen
Canadian airline passengers with disabilities, including passengers in wheelchairs and the severely obese, will no longer have to pay double fares for an extra seat on domestic flights, the Canadian Transportation Agency ruled yesterday. Read More...
Disabled win in airline ruling; Domestic airlines can't charge severely disabled extra fares for their caregivers or more seats.
Jan 11, 2008 - The Toronto Star
In what's being called a "landmark victory" for Canadians with disabilities, domestic airlines will no longer be allowed to charge extra fares for severely disabled people who need to travel with a caregiver or require more than one seat on a plane. Read More...
Reaction to Landmark Canadian Transportation Agency Decision: Disabled Canadians Jubilant to Have Transport Barrier Removed.
Jan 10, 2008 - Media Release - CCD
Today the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) released a landmark decision concerning the right of individuals with disabilities to travel by air without having to pay for a second seat, for an attendant or other use, to accommodate their disability. Read More...
