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📣 REMINDER: Our program Barrier-Free Benefits helps people with disabilities and their family or supporters navigate the application process to access federal disability supports. Our trained and experienced Navigators will offer free one-on-one person-centered support, to help people with disabilities apply for benefits like the Disability Tax Credit, the new Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP), tax filing, Canadian Dental Care Plan, and more. We will be there at every step of the way, from application right through to the appeals process if necessary. 💜 You don’t have to figure this out alone. 👉 For more information, please check out our new web portal here inclusioncanada.ca/page/barrier-f… Contact one of our Navigators today, they are waiting to hear from you. --- 📣 RAPPEL: Notre programme Prestations sans obstacles aide les personnes en situation de handicap, ainsi que leur famille ou leurs proches, à naviguer dans le processus de demande pour accéder aux soutiens fédéraux liés au handicap. Nos accompagnateurs formés et expérimentés offriront un soutien gratuit, personnalisé et individuel, pour aider les personnes en situation de handicap à présenter une demande pour le Crédit d’impôt pour personnes handicapées, le nouveau Régime canadien de prestation d’invalidité (RCPI), le Régime enregistré d’épargne-invalidité (REEI), la production de déclarations de revenus, le Régime canadien de soins dentaires, et plus encore. 💜 Vous n’avez pas à faire ce chemin seul. 👉 Pour plus d’information, consultez notre nouveau portail web ici : inclusioncanada.ca/page/fr/barrie… Communiquez dès aujourd’hui avec un de nos accompagnateurs — ils sont prêts à vous aider !

[RADIO] Inclusion Canada CEO Krista Carr was a guest on CBC's As it Happens. Learn more on how Canada's assisted suicide law discriminates against people with disabilities. Carr was asked about the Alberta's Bill 18 introduced earlier this week that gives greater protections for disabled individuals. She highlights they should be given care - through greater economic and social supports - and not death. (Segment begins at 26:07) cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… #MAID #cdnpoli #abpoli

Limiting #MAID to people who are nearing the end of life and ensuring it is never extended to people with mental illness or mature minors is the only choice

Great insights from @DAWNRAFHCanada Thank you. ipolitics.ca/2026/03/19/alb…

@DAWNRAFHCanada ipolitics.ca/2026/03/19/alb…

Inclusion Canada welcomes the Alberta Government's decision to take steps in scaling back assisted suicide in the province. It has tabled Bill 18 to address Medical Assistance in Dying. We hope other provinces follow suit and put the lives of people with disabilities first. By providing the necessary economic, housing, health and social supports that enables individuals to thrive in their communities. Canada's #MAID law needs to be reformed. Story by BBC Canada includes comment from our President Moira Wilson. bbc.com/news/articles/…. #cdnpoli #abpoli

Inclusion Canada was present in the Alberta Legislature Wednesday when the province introduced a law to restrict assisted suicide. We feel Bill 18 is a step in the right direction in protecting the lives of persons with intellectual disabilities and mental illness. Thanks @meagangillmore for including CEO Krista Carr in her piece. canadianaffairs.news/2026/03/19/alb… #abpoli #cdnpoli #MAID

Media release: Inclusion Alberta welcomes Bill 18 as a Critical Step Toward Protecting the Lives and Rights of Persons with Disabilities inclusionalberta.org/connections/me…

La version en francaise ici: inclusioncanada.ca/fr/post/inclus…

📢 Today, Inclusion Canada welcomes Alberta’s introduction of Bill 18—legislation that would limit assisted death to end-of-life circumstances within the province of Alberta’s health system. Since Track 2 MAiD was introduced, over 2,000 Canadians have died. These are not abstract numbers. They are people who may have needed support—not assisted death. Now we need national reform. All Canadians deserve equal protection. #RepealTrack2MAiD Read our media release here - 👇 inclusioncanada.ca/post/inclusion…

Three stories. One powerful message. Watch them here: inclusioncanada.ca/2026-fundraisi… Dream. Believe. Belong. These are just a sample of the types of inspiring stories you’ll hear on April 23rd at Inclusion Canada’s National Fundraising Event. It’s free, but registration is required. Save your spot today: bit.ly/4leR600 #DreamBelieveBelong

Five years ago, on March 17th 2021, the federal government granted people with disabilities who are not dying of natural causes special (discriminatory) access to assisted suicide through Track 2 MAiD (medical assistance in dying). At the time, our CEO, Krista Carr was widely quoted as saying “this is our worst nightmare.” It still is. If March 17th raises difficult feelings for you, you’re not alone. Today, at Inclusion Canada, we’re continuing work on our Charter Challenge. We’re promoting the fact that Canada must repeal Track 2 MAiD to become compliant with the CRPD (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities). And, we’re advising the government not to legalize MAiD for mental illness in 2027. Someday, may this be history.

When I was an MP, I hosted Disability Tax Credit forums every year. Derek attended one and used the information to request CRA recalculations for past returns, leading to a significant refund going back six years. Check out my Disability Tax Credit workshop video:

inclusion Canada is supportive of Bill S-228, which would clarify that forced and coerced sterilization is aggravated assault. We want to see it receive royal assent. Under Alberta and British Columbia’s eugenic sexual sterilization laws, which were repealed in the 1970s, at least 3000 people were sterilized. Some, now seniors, are following Bill S-228, including a member of our Board of Directors who was sterilized at an institution for people with an intellectual disability. As written, Bill S-228 would protect people with an intellectual disability of all sexes. This is vitally important, because people with an intellectual disability continue to be sterilized today. Thank you to journalist Maddi Dellplain for including our CEO Krista Carr in this @HealthyDebate piece that provides various perspectives. healthydebate.ca/2026/03/topic/…

Check out the February 2026 edition of the Institution Watch newsletter! This month, they talk about the addition of Roy Skoreyko as a member, a new series focusing on the strategies people with disabilities & their families are using to create a vision for a home, and a feature on Steph's housing story. Read it here: mailchi.mp/peoplefirstofc…

This news story serves as another cautionary tale. Further example of how Canada's assisted suicide law has gone way too far and must be scaled back. Parliament must say no to expanding Medical Assistance in Dying and also Repeal Track 2 which discriminates against persons with disabilities. Did you know, Track 2 has claimed the lives of 2,050 people from 2021-2024. These individuals weren't dying. nationalpost.com/news/families-…

"If I had been denied, I would have taken it as a personal rejection." Being denied doesn’t mean you did something wrong. If you or someone you know would benefit from our free Barrier-Free Benefits program, visit inclusioncanada.ca/page/barrier-f… --- « Si ma demande avait été refusée, je l’aurais pris comme un rejet personnel. » Être refusé(e) ne signifie pas que vous avez fait quelque chose de mal. Si vous ou une personne de votre entourage pourriez bénéficier de notre programme gratuit de prestations sans obstacles, veuillez consulter le site : inclusioncanada.ca/fr/page/barrie…

A joint committee of Parliament has been named with 10 MPs and 5 Senators to give recommendations on the future of Canada's assisted suicide law. Inclusion Canada CEO Krista Carr spoke with Postmedia News today. She called on Parliamentarians to repeal Track 2 of Medical Assistance in Dying and not widen any further access. Instead, Carr says governments should address the systemic economic and social issues impacting persons with disabilities. Examples include the need for better income supports, improved housing, employment and health access among other priorities. Thanks to @rmohamed_yow for including us in his story on the committee's upcoming work. We appreciate the opportunity to give a perspective on behalf of the 300+Inclusion groups throughout Canada. nationalpost.com/news/canada/sp… #cdnpoli #MAID

Today marks 16 years since Canada ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This December will also mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention’s adoption by the United Nations. The CRPD was created to ensure the full and equal enjoyment of human rights by people with disabilities and to promote respect for their inherent dignity. These milestones offer an important opportunity to pause and ask: Are we living up to the commitments we made? When the Convention was adopted, it marked a turning point — a shared global commitment to dignity, equality and belonging for people with disabilities. It affirmed that people with disabilities are rights-holders and active participants in society. But commitments on paper are not enough. Governments must demonstrate the leadership, accountability and action required to translate the Convention’s principles into real change in people’s lives. As we reflect on the past 16 years since Canada’s ratification, we recognize that progress has been made. But significant barriers remain. Inclusion Canada will continue to work to ensure that Canada fully implements the CRPD and delivers on equality and inclusion. The journey toward full inclusion is far from over. Canada made a legally binding commitment when it ratified the CRPD. Realizing that commitment requires sustained leadership, accountability and action. That accountability must start by repealing Track 2 Medical Assistance in Dying, implementing a coordinated deinstitutionalization strategy, ensuring consistent policies on inclusive education, and addressing the disproportionate poverty of people with disabilities. #CRPD

[RADIO] Inclusion Canada and our colleagues at Inclusive Education Canada have honoured 3 people with Distinguished Leadership Awards. New Brunswick's Ken Pike has contributed over 40-years to improving the lives of persons with intellectual disabilities both provincially and nationally. Thank you to @VanessaVVCBC host of CBC Shift for inviting Ken on the program. He shared where progress has been made and where work must continue. Below is a link to the interview segment. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…