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CIC encourages young women with disabilities to apply to take a seat in parliament Join Equal Voice in a historic national initiative to mark the 100th anniversary of women’s formal political engagement in 2016 — along with Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017.

Senate passes assisted dying legislation Canada has its first doctor-assisted dying law, after senators backed down from their fight against the House of Commons and passed the Liberal government’s historic bill. Globe and Mail June 17

Choose Love and Patience: Bill C14 One of the presentations at today’s Community Forum on Robust Safeguards in Bill C14 Choose Love and Patience: Bill C-14

Two Meals a Day: Living on Disability Assistance in Vancouver Doke has been campaigning alongside Raise the Rates, one of many groups in B.C. that is expressing frustration with below-poverty-line rates. He spoke at a recent press conference held to release an open letter signed by over 15,000 people, urging Premier Christy Clark to reinstate the bus pass. The Tyee Full Article  

Liberals reject Senate bid to expand eligibility for medically-assisted death Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould, left, and Minister of Health Jane Philpott, say they can accept five of the Senate’s seven amendments on the assisted-dying bill – but say they can’t adopt an amendment that would expand assisted dying beyond patients where death is “reasonably foreseeable.” (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press) Reads CBC’s Updated story here

Editorial: Knock down disability barriers Vancouver Sun Editorial Board The role of government in a civil democracy is to help dismantle barriers so that people can more fully participate in their communities, both for the betterment of their society and for the fulfilment of their personal potential. A government which erects barriers that economically marginalize the vulnerable and institutionalize their […]

Province marginalizes the disabled further through economic policy Province-marginalizes-the-disabled-further-through-economic-policy  

Inclusion BC, IGNITE Conference The CIC is hosting three presentations at the Inclusion BC IGNITE conference, June 23 and 24! Find out more on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Centre-for-Inclusion-and-Citizenship-1606051773016750/

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