Mélange Accessibility for All Magazine January 2022 | Page 54

To Table of Contents level . The Organization of American States has invited the coalition to present our concerns in a private meeting in late December . CAD-ASC does not oppose medical assistance in dying ; CAD-ASC ’ s priority is communication in making decisions about MAiD . We believe the provisions in Canada ’ s MAiD legislation are not strong enough in ensuring Deaf , Deaf-Blind and hard of hearing people will receive assisted-death information in a language and cultural format that matches their communication abilities and skills .
Our past president , Frank Folino , is a member of the
Board of Directors of the World Federation of the Deaf ; he participated in a WFD Board of Directors meeting in November . Our new president , Wissam Constantin , will participate in a WFD conference in April . We actively supported the International Week of Deaf People in September , and the International Week of Persons with Disabilities in December . Frank continues his involvement in the CRPD review of Canada ’ s report . We ’ re involved in several CRTC proceedings , for example wireless pricing and VRS review . We ’ re negotiating with Statistics Canada to improve Deaf and Deaf-Blind access to census and data collection . We contacted Immigration Canada to share our concerns about discrimination against Deaf immigration applicants .
The federal government plans to amend the Official Languages Act , and the Quebec government has presented their new languages legislation . CAD-ASC has concerns about both , and we are working on it .

We are busy !