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Bold Collaboration Between Le Pain dans les Voiles and RAPLIQ: A Model of Innovation for Inclusion

November 27th 2024

MONTREAL, Nov. 27, 2024 /CNW/ – We are excited to announce an exemplary partnership between the bakery Le Pain dans les Voiles, located in the Villeray neighborhood of Montreal, and RAPLIQ, an initiative aimed at improving accessibility for all customers,...
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Improving Accessibility of Taxi Services through Innovative Collaboration

November 27th 2024

QUEBEC, Nov. 25, 2024 /CNW/ – The Regroupement des activistes pour l’inclusion au Québec (RAPLIQ), the Regroupement des organismes de personnes handicapées de la région de Québec (ROP03), and Taxi Coop Québec 525-5191 announce a collaboration aimed at improving the...
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RAPLIQ to File Over 100 Disability Discrimination Complaints Regarding Café Terraces in Montreal

October 30th 2024

MONTREAL, Oct. 21, 2024 /CNW/ – This morning at 10:00 AM, in front of the media, the Regroupement des activistes pour l’inclusion au Québec (RAPLIQ) will file more than 100 complaints of disability discrimination, specifically targeting café terraces in several boroughs of Montreal, with...
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The scandal repeats itself and it’s worse than ever: Mammograms are still denied to women with disabilities

May 4th 2022

Montreal, May 4, 2022 – We will remember on August 22, 2014 when, after meeting Minister Barrette at his Union Street offices, RAPLIQ expressed its indignation in front of several members of the media. RAPLIQ had phoned all of the...
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Women With Disabilities – Domestic Violence

March 8th 2021

RAPLIQ LAUCHES A QUEBEC-WIDE AWARENESS CAMPAGNE AND UNPRECEDENTED BATTLE Quebec-wide – Monday, March 8th 2021 Women with disabilities beaten, raped, tortured… Annually, evaluations say i10,000 women (27 every day) are victims of domestic violence. But these statistics do not take...
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Quebec Week for People with Disabilities

June 5th 2020

THE PRIME MINISTER FINALLY REMEMBERED PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Open letter from Linda Gauthier, President of RAPLIQ QUEBEC, Friday June 5, 2020 – “Like every afternoon for almost three months and like a good majority of mine, I am here, sitting...
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Montreal reimagined… “No cars, no disabled people”

May 26th 2020

MONTREAL, May 21, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ – During a press conference last Friday, in reaction to the pandemic, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante announced a plan to “share public space,” to be reserved for cyclists and pedestrians. Several commercial arteries will...
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Covid-19: People with disabilities have waited long enough

April 20th 2020

THE RAPLIQ REQUIRES CONCRETE MEASURES AND A SALARY INCREASE FOR STAFF AT CES BENEFICIARIES Its a question of life or death Since the start of the Covid-19 crisis, our governments have announced and adopted exceptional measures. As soon as our...
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“The countdown has started – Disabled people condemned to die at home or in a CHSLD” – Linda Gauthier, president of the RAPLIQ

April 17th 2020

MONTREAL, April 17, 2020 / CNW Telbec / – People with disabilities and / or seniors in Quebec are completely plunged into distress since their beneficiaries are more and more numerous to go to work at better wages in the...
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SCANDALE

April 9th 2020

News provided by Comité d’action des personnes vivant des situations de handicap (CAPVISH) COVID-19 – 34,000 PEOPLE, SENIORS OR DISABLED AS WELL AS THEIR HOME SUPPORT STAFF TOTALLY LEFT IN THE FORGOTTEN QUEBEC CITY, April 9, 2020 / CNW Telbec...
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