Remedy Implementation ‘Gaining Traction’
“Expert Monitor Finds Province’s Remedy Implementation to be ‘Gaining Traction’ but with Significant Work Still to Do” -DRC
Human Rights Remedy Report Released, August 2025
Human Rights Remedy: Second Monitoring Report Released (August 1, 2025)
The Independent Expert Monitor who is responsible for both verifying and assessing the Province’s compliance with its obligations under the Human Rights Remedy, has just released his Report after two years of the Remedy.
Disability Rights Coalition submissions to the Expert Monitor-Year Two
Here is a redacted copy of the DRC’s submissions to the Expert Monitor-Year Two concerning the Province’s compliance with the Annual Report.
Disability Rights Coalition Calls for Strong Government Action
The Disability Rights Coalition is calling for strong Provincial Government action to catch up on legally-binding deadlines in the Human Rights Remedy regarding the Disability Support Program.
Media coverage of NS failure to meet remedy timelines
Media Coverage of Nova Scotia’s Government Failure to Meet Human Rights Remedy Timelines
Disability Rights Coalition Disappointed in the Province’s Failure
The Disability Rights Coalition is Disappointed in the Province’s Failure to Meet Human Rights Remedy Timelines. Read the Press Release here:
Disability Rights Coalition Annual General Meeting
Disability Rights Coalition Annual General Meeting.
Please join us to review the legal Remedy over the past year and give your input for Year 2. Your voice counts!
Thursday 26 September, 2024
6pm to 8pm
Club Inclusion, 2652 Joseph Howe Drive, Halifax
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85274640237?pwd=GJyxpSh4YuSzvPP9WRlPQIR3zqdeTp.1
Light refreshments will be served.
Accessible washroom/quiet area available
Global: NS lagging behind on disability support
Global News: Nova Scotia lagging behind on disability support commitments: researcher.
CBC: NS ‘remedy’ to move people too slow, says monitor
An independent monitor says Nova Scotia’s progress on moving people with disabilities out of institutions is “slower and more uneven” than called for in a government plan.
Expert Monitor Finds Province’s Remedy Flawed
On July 31st, the Human Rights Remedy’s independent Expert Monitor, Dr. Michael Prince, of the University of Victoria, released his Annual Report on the Province’s compliance with its legal obligations in eliminating the systemic discrimination against persons with disabilities in Nova Scotia in accessing community-based supports.
