Justice committee  I think that's where you have the professional there to guarantee that it's the person's directive on signing. We're saying “under their direction”, but all through this process, if someone has speech language disability or communication disability, we need that professional in t

Justice committee  No, there is none, and that's actually another crusade we're on. It's totally lacking. There are other parallels. For instance, if you need sign language interpretation, etc., that's mandated to be provided by the organization. There is nothing equal for someone with speech langu

Justice committee  In terms of trained speech pathologists, on our website www.cdacanada.com we have a roster now of what we call communication intermediaries. Over 200 speech language pathologists are trained to be in court with someone, for example, not just to be a communication assistant. These

Justice committee  From our perspective, I believe it would be a physician who would have the authority to do that, but it does go back to training. Our issue, of course, is around communication. To us, physician-chiropractors are often lacking training in the communication needs of people with spe

Justice committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I want to present a rationale and propose two amendments to Bill C-14 to ensure that people with speech and language disabilities are given appropriate communication accommodations and supports in order to provide inform