The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the long-standing barriers Canadians with disabilities have faced for decades. Since the start of the pandemic, many have faced higher costs in accessing food, medication, social services or health care.
To ensure an inclusive approach to its pandemic response and overall decision-making, the Government of Canada created the COVID-19 Disability Advisory Group (CDAG) in April 2020.
Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Carla Qualtrough, welcomed the Group’s final report and announced that it would be renewed.
The CDAG will build on previous work advising the Minister with a renewed focus on:
- promoting disability inclusion and targeting barriers to the full participation of Canadians with disabilities in specific areas, based on Government of Canada priorities and the Minister’s mandate; and,
- the implementation of Government of Canada programs and initiatives related to the Minister’s disability inclusion and accessibility mandate.
