Human Resources committee  People with disabilities, in my view, are probably the greatest untapped resource we have, because they have the highest unemployment levels in Canada. There has been movement, and there has been an awareness, particularly in Ontario with the AODA. The universities and colleges h

Human Resources committee  The major initiative, I think, would be to look at a national disabilities act, which would require publicly funded organizations, institutions, crown corporations, and so on to make accessibility a higher priority and provide some funding and some incentive, and employer and ins

Human Resources committee  We are talking about caseworkers, case managers?

Human Resources committee  You'd need to look at the full caseload. Within seven regions, it could be as many as thirty people—

Human Resources committee  —in our own system.

Human Resources committee  I'm going to actually ask my colleague who is the director of employment services to speak to that, because she's close to all the organizations and agencies that fund this.

Human Resources committee  First of all, I'll just say I agree with you that it is true that people with disabilities lack the structures, a comprehensive national system, a national strategy. We recommend that the provinces, territories, and the federal government work together to come up with one. Havin

Human Resources committee  Thank you for your question. It's a great opportunity to just point out to people that most Canadians remember the March of Dimes as an organization that raised money for research to prevent polio. We have not been doing that since 1957, when the mandate changed, because polio v

Human Resources committee  There are two areas I would speak to. Although we didn't come prepared to speak about the court challenges program, I would certainly reiterate what my colleague is speaking of. I would suggest to you that it was a very visionary program. This country has been incredibly visiona

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for allowing us to come before you and other honourable members. My name is Andrea Spindel. I'm the president and CEO of Ontario March of Dimes and March of Dimes Canada. With me today is Ms. Judy Quillin, who is our director of employment