employment

For Immediate Release
January 16, 2013
Toronto

Private Sector Signals Strong Support for Labour Force Inclusion of People with Disabilities

Today CACL and People First of Canada are hosting a Federal Policy Forum on Inclusion in the nations capitol - Ottawa

In case you missed it through out all of our activity yesterday CACL and People First of Canada launched a booklet with stories about employment from every province and territory:  “Ready, Willing and Able,” which you can download here in both official languages.

This morning over a breakfast with MPs on Parliment Hill CACL, members of the ACL Federation and People First of Canada mingled with MPs, Ministers and other Parlimentary Officials sharing our message about building an inclusive labor market.

Ontario Human Rights Commission lawyer Sunil Gurmukh told the Human Rights Tribunal to reconsider this case, which was deemed out of its jurisdiction, because of the amount of time that passed since the plaintif received her first paycheque was about 10 years before. Sunil Gurmukh said that "reconsideration is a matter of public importance" in this article published about the case.

As legal action on sheltered workshops proceeds through the courts in the U.S., many in Canada continue to look for solutions to this decades-old approach to supporting people.

Axiom News speaks to CACL Policy and Programs Officer Tyler Hnatuk about the report "Achieving Social and Economic Inclusion: from Segregation to Employment First" You can find the article at communitylivingontario.ca

Bob Vansickle of Community Living Sarnia-Lambton passed this great video along to us at CACL recently. Summer Employment Transitions is the largest service of its kind in Canada!!! A service of Community Living Sarnia-Lambton.

Thought we would share a link to hearings at the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labour and Pensions about employment and people with disabilities.