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e-41 (Disabled and handicapped persons)

E-petition
Initiated by Alexander Peeler from Conquerall Bank, Nova Scotia

Original language of petition: English

Petition to the Government of Canada

Whereas:
  • Canada lacks a universal system of services for persons with disabilities;
  • The Government of Canada provides no financial or other support for life-sustaining medical equipment and other essential services;
  • The Government of Canada has not met all of its obligations as outlined by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms or the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD); and
  • The Government of Canada has committed itself to the passing of a Canadians with Disabilities Act which will provide a framework for addressing the needs of Canadians with disabilities.
We, the undersigned, Citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to implement a National Disability Assistance Program for Canadians with chronic disabilities to fund life-sustaining medical equipment and to provide access to the necessary services to allow them to optimize their functionality over the course of their lifetime.
Government response tabled on April 3, 2017 (Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-124-02)
Open for signature
October 4, 2016, at 12:29 p.m. (EDT)
Closed for signature
February 1, 2017, at 12:29 p.m. (EDT)
Presented to the House of Commons
Bernadette Jordan (South Shore—St. Margarets)
February 15, 2017 (Petition No. 421-01148)
Government response tabled
April 3, 2017
Photo - Bernadette Jordan
South Shore—St. Margarets
Liberal Caucus
Nova Scotia