Evidence Network

Breaking down barriers for Canadians with disability

By Jennifer Zwicker and Stephanie Dunn Comments Off on Breaking down barriers for Canadians with disability , , , , , , ,

It’s time to look beyond the CRA Breaking Down Barriers is the galvanising theme of a recent report from the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology that outlines urgently-needed recommendations to improve access to underutilised federal disability supports: the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) and Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP). Some of our […]

Medically assisted dying cases need review

By Catherine Frazee Comments Off on Medically assisted dying cases need review , , , , , , ,

In the early days of Canada’s public conversation about Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), Dr. Jeff Blackmer, then Vice-President of the Canadian Medical Association, expressed the gravitas of the policy choices that lay ahead as “no less than a sea change” to the ethos and culture of the medical profession. That was in 2016, after […]