Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in advance of the Committee’s development of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Canada’s 2nd Periodic Review

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in advance of the Committee’s development of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Canada’s 2nd Periodic Review Human Rights Canadian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in advance of the Committee’s development of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Canada’s. [...] As the designated monitoring mechanism of the Government of Canada’s implementation of the rights and obligations enshrined in the CRPD, the CHRC is committed to ensuring continued progress in the protection of human rights. [...] 2 During the legislative process, the CHRC and disability-related organizations recommended strengthening the language of the ACA including by proposing amendments to 1) require the government to make regulations under the ACA, and 2) establish initial timelines for both the enactment and the implementation of these regulations. [...] According to the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls19, the crisis of child welfare, the chronic underfunding of essential services, and the many health disparities facing Indigenous communities, can all be attributed to the legacy of colonialism and the intergenerational effects of trauma and genocide. [...] The CHRC acknowledges that the ACA and the ILA may provide opportunities to establish better access to and improve the quality of interpretation services by enabling the development of national standards in the future.