Disability Posts

Age Is Not A Disability

January 18, 2011

As a social worker working with disabled individuals and their families, I know that a disability can occur at any age ...

Disabled Nortel Workers Receive Final Blow as Bill S-216 dies in the Senate

December 10, 2010

December 10, 2010 – The hopes of 400 Disabled Nortel workers’ hopes were finally dashed this week when ...

Bill S-216 promises to move sufferers of Long-term Disabilities up the creditors List in Bankruptcy Proceedings

October 22, 2010

In March of this year, Senator Art Eggleton’s Bill S-216, An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and ...

Judy Sgro's Urgent Appeal to CARP Members: Help Sick/Disabled Nortel Beneficiaries

October 22, 2010

October 22, 2010 Judy Sgro has written an urgent appeal to CARP members urging them to support a bill that would give ...

New Bill would Allow People with Hearing Disabilities Fair Access to the Disability Tax Credit

October 8, 2010

Peter Julian, MP for New-Westminster Burnaby, hosted a press conference on Parliament Hill on his Bill C-577, tabled on ...

Disability Tax Credit (DTC), Caregiver Tax Credit (CTC) : Do I Qualify?

March 25, 2010

As a social worker I have worked with differently-abled individuals of all ages. Growing older with a disability raises ...

Library serving thousands of older Canadians at risk

January 26, 2010

Catching up on reading is one of the pleasures many people look forward to as they enter their retirement years. For ...

FAQ: Hearing Aids

November 20, 2009

As people age, there is usually some degree of hearing loss. Sometimes we notice it ourselves; more often family ...

Presentation on Poverty before the Federal Standing Committee on Social Development, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA)

July 16, 2009

June 9, 2009 -Click here to a transcripts of Susan Eng's presentation on poverty before the Federal Standing Committee ...

How a Committee Presentation and Your Letters Made All the Difference

July 16, 2009

On Tuesday June 9th we had the opportunity to present before the Federal Standing Committee on Social Development, ...