FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 5, 2025   Toronto, ON  – Inclusion Canada welcomes the government’s commitment in Budget 2025 to implement automatic income tax filing for low-income Canadians, an important step toward removing barriers to accessing critical benefits, including the new Canada Disability Benefit (CDB). Automatic tax filing will begin with 2025 returns filed in 2026 and targets simple low-income situations. We also are pleased to see the measure to provide a one-

National Task Force on Deinstitutionalization FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2025   Winnipeg, MB  – The National Task Force on...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2025   Toronto, ON  – In light of the deteriorating labour situation across many agencies, Community...

Inclusion Canada will work with Amazon’s cloud computing arm to transform access to inclusive education for children with intellectual disabilities.

September 12, 2025   Toronto, ON  - It is with deep sadness that Inclusion Canada mourns the passing of Lorraine Silliphant, a lifelong...

Canada has received a critical review by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the CRPD Committee).

The Government of Canada has released the final regulations for the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), but they fail to provide the financial security that people with intellectual disabilities and their families need.

Canadian disability advocates are sounding the alarm and raising urgent concerns over Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 17, 2024 TORONTO, ON – On a day of political upheaval in Ottawa, the federal government yesterday...

oday, on Human Rights Day, the last institution for people with intellectual disabilities in Manitoba, the Manitoba Developmental Centre (MDC), closes its doors for good.

 Inclusion Canada expresses it heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to The Slaight Family Foundation for their extraordinary $30 million commitment to advancing disability inclusion across Canada.

People with disabilities are shocked and outraged by the Government of Saskatchewan’s plan to expand its Specialized Support Classroom Pilot Project – a euphemism for segregation.

Dulcie McCallum’s new book, The Audacity of Inclusion: Fighting for the Equality of Persons Labelled Intellectually Disabled was released this week.

A coalition of disability rights organizations and two personally affected individuals have filed a Charter challenge with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

The funding falls far short of what is necessary to fulfill the program’s primary objective: lifting people with disabilities out of poverty

Inclusion Canada is raising awareness of the potential implications of a court case reported by CBC Calgary News on March 11, 2024.

March 1, 2024 Inclusion Canada was saddened to learn of the passing of Canada’s 18th Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon Brian Mulroney. Mr....

For Immediate Release Thursday, February 29, 2024 Inclusion Canada, the national organization of persons with intellectual disabilities...

Inclusion Canada and partners called for an indefinite delay to the legalization of MAiD for those with a mental illness.

We are hopeful that this will be the first of many actions taken to bring Canada’s MAiD law back into alignment with disability rights.