Engaging Electors with Disabilities

"For voters with disabilities, the journey to the ballot box can be impeded by a range of barriers – accessing the voting place, engaging in the voting process, and using the voting instrument (i.e. machines, ballots, etc.).  Elections Canada and the IFSD’s iVote-jeVote campaign are hosting an Inspire Democracy Workshop with experts from the United States and Canada, and stakeholders to explore ways of reducing motivational and access barriers to voting for persons with disabilities."

“How do we engage those segments of our population that don’t usually engage in the democratic process to engage in this important conversation about electoral reform? ”

“My interest in Pharmacare is a natural extension of my commitment to ensuring that the values at the heart of Medicare continue to be given modern expression through new policy initiatives. ”

“We haven’t confronted the fact that we don’t take science seriously as a society. We need to take it as seriously as reading, writing and arithmetic. It has to be a part of our culture. ”