Government Operations committee  We don't get a lot of data funding and data collection. Probably the only really half-decent study is the StatsCan one on criminal victimization. It has disability embedded within that. That's the only study that exists out there, and it doesn't point specifically at.... I have

Government Operations committee  Yes, and it's hard to monitor. It really is. We don't get the funding for it either, and everything we do is off the side of our desk.

Government Operations committee  It is, practically, what can happen. I have had the form for many years. I flew four times this summer. Then, I go to get it—

Government Operations committee  No, I am not asking you to address it.

Government Operations committee  One weakness is that if people are getting paid by cheque and it is the end of the month—they are making rent—it may not work.

Government Operations committee  This is the first I've heard about it, and I find that highly—

Government Operations committee  No. It's the first I've heard about it, and I live in a town that doesn't have mail delivery. I live in a town with a rural post office. Nobody has home delivery. You have to go and get it. So I'll test this theory out.

Government Operations committee  I will speak very briefly to you about some of the obstacles with these kinds of forms. Richard is right; when there is a dual set of assessors, it gets—

Government Operations committee  No, but there are practical considerations. I have the “one person, one fare” program. I have been established on it for many years, with an airline. When I got the form and got it filled out—

Government Operations committee  No.

Government Operations committee  Basically, the Council of Canadians with Disabilities thought that was a suitable compromise, and DisAbled Women’s Network Canada agrees with this compromise to have the mail delivery decreased to being on maybe Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I was exploring one of the proposed

Government Operations committee  Thank you. Dear members of Parliament, the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, I thank you for your gracious welcome and for the opportunity for women with disabilities to be consulted about the important role the postal service plays in their lives. I wo

Justice committee  I'm weak on this because I'm not a constitutional lawyer, so I'm going to look to my colleagues for help in this. My understanding of section 7 is that it talks about access—and help me with this, please—and that it's access to income support, access to housing, and access to the

Justice committee  I have one addition to that. There is also discrimination by diagnosis. As I talked about overrepresentation with criminal cases, there would be brain-injured and mentally ill people. They are also overrepresented as victims of violence, and it's often because they lack access to

Justice committee  I have one very quick comment. In our organization, there are a lot of women who have lived experience, but there are also women with academic backgrounds and expertise who have spent their lives educating themselves, yet they're often expected to give away that expertise and tha