Transport committee  One of the things I really appreciate is the invitation to participate. There's a saying that we've often been using in the disability community, “Nothing about us, without us”. This is an invitation for us to become involved. Perhaps getting together with our executive would be

Transport committee  I agree. One of the things that we're also concerned about, besides the mailboxes, is the rising costs. That would be one thing. We're really trying to ask is that if there are going to be shifts, how are they going to be implemented? Even if there's going to be something for, a

Transport committee  No.

Transport committee  No and I don't think they'll be including more money for postal stamps and whatnot either.

Transport committee  Our estimate is probably not. One of the other things you're hitting on too, and one of our concerns, has to do also with the numbers of persons with disabilities living in urban areas who often find themselves living in low-income areas, and often vulnerable to violence and crim

Transport committee  Not that we're aware of.

Transport committee  I'd just like to make a comment about the cost not only to the person with disabilities. We certainly feel that is really important, but we often forget about the parent of a child who is at home with significant impairments, and what happens if the mother or father has to make a

Transport committee  That would be true.

Transport committee  I'm going to take over now. Good afternoon, everybody. One of the things the Council of Canadians with Disabilities is also looking at, as Bob mentioned, is what we refer to as “ableist” assumptions and the digital divide. One of the things we're concerned about is that, while