Government Operations committee  We were encouraged by the promises of the Liberal government. Of course, now it's a matter of community people like us holding its feet to the fire. That's sometimes easy and sometimes not. I would suggest that there's an additional advantage in home delivery for our communitie

Government Operations committee  I am not actually sure, because our organization is made up of other organizations. We are a coalition made up of nine provincial cross-disability organizations and a number of union disability organizations.

Government Operations committee  I doubt that any community has a universal view on these topics, but certainly our experience tells us that there is a disproportionately negative effect on our community just in getting to the community mailbox, especially in the wintertime. We have no faith that the snow remova

Government Operations committee  No.

Government Operations committee  No, absolutely not. This is an issue of equity and an issue of fairness. I can't understand why anyone would expect us to accept one-day-a-week mail delivery while many other Canadians would get five. That makes no sense to me whatsoever, Madam.

Government Operations committee  Good morning, honourable members. My name is John Rae. I appear as first vice-chair of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities. We are Canada's cross-disability coalition working for a more accessible and accepting Canada. As such, we consider reliable home delivery of the m

Justice committee  Yes. If the community is directly involved, we can work together with other equality seeking groups. I believe we've done that in the past. I have full confidence that a range of cases will be selected that do have national implications, and certainly, if the make up of the progr

Justice committee  As an additional parameter, the focus should be selecting cases that seek to expand equality, which I think is what was done in the past. That should be a parameter of selection.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, my name is John Rae. I'm second vice-chair of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities. I appear with Anne Levesque, who is chair of our human rights committee. We appreciate being invited to be here today. Being included in these proceedin