Human Rights

Presently in Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick there are 50 families that have been removed from their homes due to major flooding. As of today we do not have the final tally of the damage that was done to the Tobique Fist Nation. 

Report of the Persons With Disabilities Representative to the Prairie Region Council submitted for the March 16-17, 2012 meeting. This report covers the period from the last PRC meeting.

Report of the GLBT Representative to the Prairie Region Council submitted for the March 16-17, 2012 meeting. This report covers the period from the last PRC meeting.

Every day, most residents of Manitoba come and go on their daily business; entering buildings, stores, offices or their workplaces without even noticing that they have had to open doors and climb stairs to get to where they want to go and do the things they want to do.  It is so routine an act that half the time, we’re on auto-pilot and thinking about other things.   But for about 200,000 Manitobans, it’s anything but routine.  These are people living with one or more disability and doing these simple acts can be a formidable challenge, and sometimes, not possible.