Human Resources committee Okay. I live in a small rural community outside of Winnipeg. In my home town, we have a sheltered workshop. We also have very inclusive schools in my community. Parents will come to me in my community as their kids are starting school and ask what they need to have in place. I
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Shelley Fletcher Rattai
Human Resources committee I do.... Well, I have a thought. In order to run that through EI, people have to be eligible for EI. I can tell you that in our community, people are not eligible because they're not being employed at all. They don't work enough to qualify for EI. I also want to say—and forgi
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Shelley Fletcher Rattai
Human Resources committee When we talk about accommodation right for an intellectual disability, it's the most difficult disability, I believe, to accommodate. We know that if somebody has a hearing impairment, you would not ask them to go to work without having sign language interpretation available for
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Shelley Fletcher Rattai
Human Resources committee I don't think I have the answer.
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Shelley Fletcher Rattai
Human Resources committee Olga, you can answer it, too, if you want. I'm not sure, because so much of it is provincial. We know that the federal government is putting money into things like the opportunities fund and labour market agreements.
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Shelley Fletcher Rattai
Human Resources committee People First of Canada believes that we have the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and that's our act. That's the act we follow. We believe the work has been done and that these should be our guiding principles. People First has not strongly adv
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Shelley Fletcher Rattai
Human Resources committee Because Canada has signed it, we're bound to follow it. That's our job, to make sure that we're following it and that we are following it as it is.... I was at a federal disability conference last year where one of the civil servants asked that question to a panel of federal lawy
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Shelley Fletcher Rattai
Human Resources committee Thank you for having us here today. I'm going to start by briefly telling you who People First of Canada is. We are the national voice of Canadians labelled with an intellectual disability. I was going to do a PowerPoint, but we had some technical difficulties, so I have to rea
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Shelley Fletcher Rattai