EDITORIAL: Righting a grievous wrong with small group home options for Nova Scotians
“The government knows what should be done. They should just do it.”
Disability Rights Coalition of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Disability Rights are Human Rights
Human Rights Case Updates
Here are the recent updates on the Human Rights Case
Province, lawyer for institutionalized trio far apart on compensation
“Six months after releasing his 108-page decision, board inquiry chair Walter Thompson must now decide how much compensation the province owes MacLean, Joseph Delaney and the late Sheila Livingstone, who died in a Yarmouth institution three years ago.”
Remedy hearing for independent human rights board of inquiry
NOTE: This hearing was interrupted last week due to an illness. It is now set to resume on Monday, September 16 at 1:00pm at a NEW location – Park Lane:
5657 Spring Garden Road
Park Lane Terrace
3rd Fl., Suite 305
National groups to join human rights legal fight on behalf of people with intellectual disabilities
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal allowed three national organizations that advocate on behalf of people with disabilities to join an appeal of a human rights Board of Inquiry decision made earlier this year.
These organizations are the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL), and People First Canada.
Highlights: The Nova Scotia Human Rights Case
The pages below will introduce you to the recent Human Rights Case in Nova Scotia:
Nova Scotia Human Rights Case
The case is a legal discrimination complaint about the Province’s failure to treat people with disabilities in a way that ensures that all persons with disabilities are supported to live in community.
The Freedom Tour of Nova Scotia
This is the documentary The Freedom Tour of Nova Scotia (1:11 hours)
What Can You Do?
What You Can Do You can sign onto the Open Letter to the Premier of Nova Scotia… And/Or… You can file your own Human Rights Complaint…