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ALT Webinar hosted by Pan-Canadian Disability Coalition. Sept 7, 2021. 4pm PT, 5pm MT, 6pm CT, 7pm ET, 8pm AT, 8:30pm NL. All parties Candidates Debate. Carla Qualtrough - LPC, Daniel Blakie - NDP, Kimberley Vance-Mubanga - Green Party, Marie-Helene Goudreau - BQ, TBC - CPC. Register at: www.wavefrontcentre.ca/debate Closed captioning and ASL interpretation provided.
ALT Manitoba Developmental Centre to close - A victory for human rights The government of Manitoba announced that the Manitoba Developmental Centre (MDC) will be closing. The centre is an institution for people with intellectual disabilities. It has been in operation for more than one hundred years. For more than thirty years, People First of Canada and its members have been educating the public and trying to close down MDC and other large institutions in Canada. “I am very happy,” said David Weremy, “It took a long time. Now it’s done.” Weremy lived at MDC for 18 years of his life. He is a long-time People First member and part of the National Task Force on Deinstitutionalization. The Task Force is a partnership between People First of Canada and Inclusion Canada. “It has been a long time coming. This is a great outcome for people with intellectual in our province and our country,” said Shelley Fletcher, executive director of PFC and a Task Force member.
ALT Graphic of the Manitoba Legislative Building. Caption: News Release Families
