Persons with disabilities and the organizations which represent them, call upon the Government of Canada to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. On December 3, 2009 the government tabled the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the House of Commons. We now call for its speedy ratification. For the last 3 years Canada's disability community has been waiting patiently for the federal government to deliver on its promise to ratify the UN Convention. The Harper government needs to start taking 'disability issues' more seriously and not just at election time. Our issues matter and so do we!
Our issues need to be put back on the national and provincial government agendas. No longer will persons with disabilities allow themselves or their issues to be ignored. We are NOT second-class citizens! We are Canadian citizens and deserve to be treated as such. We've heard enough rhetoric. It's time for the federal government to take action! And it all starts with this session of parliament.
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