Disabled Rights

• Liberals vow to evaluate existing, future policies with disability lens if re-elected

  The Liberals released a disability equality statement earlier this week, a document that was not in their original platform.

  Politics

  Oct 18, 2019
  
• Quebec mother’s tearful plea for acceptance of her disabled daughter goes viral

  "My daughter is normal, she's just special," Vanessa Pelletier says in a video posted to her Facebook page on Monday.

  Lifestyle

  Jul 16, 2019
  
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• Japanese disabled man forced to crawl up stairs to get on airplane, calls it a ‘human rights violation’

  A disabled man was forced to crawl up a flight of stairs to get on an airplane in Japan earlier this month.

  World

  Jun 29, 2017
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• Quebec comedian Mike Ward to appeal order to pay $35K to disabled teen he mocked

  Quebec comedian Mike Ward has been ordered to pay moral and punitive damages based on a joke that the courts ruled violated the human rights of Jérémy Gabriel.

  Entertainment

  Jul 21, 2016
• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: December 4

  From the city's tiniest sidewalk to the greatest honour for a Montreal Canadiens legend, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2015