Michael Goreman, CBC: Tim Houston says his government will not fight Court of Appeal ruling
“We’ve heard the message loud and clear.”
Human Rights Case Posts
CBC Information Morning NS: Landmark decision finds systemic discrimination against people with disabilities in N.S.
Claire McNeil, a lawyer for the Disability Rights Coalition, on a new Nova Scotia Court of Appeal decision which finds systemic discrimination in the provincial government’s treatment of people with disabilities who need supports to live in the community. Aired: October 7, 2021
Beth MacLean, who won human rights case for people with disabilities, dies at age 50
CTV: Beth MacLean, a Nova Scotia woman with intellectual disabilities who won a landmark human rights case forcing the province to provide her with a home in the community, has died. photo: Robert Short/CBC
Disability rights advocate Vicky Levack wins battle for home in the community
“I’m getting out of this horrible nightmare but there are so many others living their own nightmare with no help in sight” -Vicky Levack
Road to Inclusion by 2023
In 2013, the current government committed to closing institutions and providing community-based living supports for all persons with disabilities within 10 years—by the end of 2023. It was all set out in the Roadmap—a plan to community inclusion drafted jointly by the Province and disability rights advocates, and endorsed by then Premier Stephen McNeil and his government.
DRC Rally at Province House 13 August 2021
The DRC held a rally at Province House in support of the Road to Inclusion 2023 campaign.
Speaking up for disability justice in N.S.
“It is not fair that because you have a disability, you do not have what you need to survive or be respectedfor your human rights. It is not fair to exclude people because of disability or race or being Indigenous orLGBT2Q+, or some combination of these.” -My Home My Rights (photo: Inclusion Canada)
Demonstration March for Roadmap 2023
Promises were made by Nova Scotia governments since 2013 that they would close institutions and provide community-based living supports for persons with disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder by 2023 but the reality is the progress has been too slow!
Global News: Disability Rights Coalition wants to see Nova Scotia be more inclusive
n 2013, the incumbent government committed to a ten-year plan for equality, making Nova Scotia fully accessible and promising they would close institutions providing community-based living supports for all persons living with disabilities by 2023. With 30 months to go, the progress thus far has been glacial.
Lack of community supports trap disabled in poverty, institutions
New Disability Rights Coalition report shows Nova Scotia government is not following its own Roadmap
