Canada: Community Organizations and Organizations of People with Disabilities Report on the “List of Issues Prior to Reporting”

This is the list of issues submitted by a group of several Canadian Civil Society Organizations and Disability Persons Organizations to the United Nations Committee on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This list of issues reflects how organizations perceive Canada advances and areas for improvement in the implementation of the Convention in Canada. The UN committee uses this list to prompt questions for the Canadian government on advancing the rights of persons with disabilities in Canada.

This plain-language summary was prepared by the Canadian Association of Community Living (CACL) and People First of Canada.