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RAPLIQ welcomes the appointment of the architect Pierre Richard to the C.A. of the RBQ

July 10th 2018

Statement The RAPLIQ, sitting on the steering committee of RAECAQ and an organization in search of the most complete universal accessibility, welcomes the appointment of Mr. Pierre Richard, p.d.g. from the firm Archiconcept. We are very happy to hear this...
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Evo Student Residence

July 1st 2018

SETTLEMENT DATE – JULY 2018 In June 2017, a man in a manual wheelchair contacted us because he wished to file a complaint against the EVO University Residences, which rents rooms during the summer. As the complainant is the beneficiary...
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Institut de Tourisme et d’Hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ)

June 1st 2018

SETTLEMENT DATE – JUNE 2018 On March 31, 2017, the RAPLIQ realized that the ITHQ, the Mecca of culinary, hotel and tourist education in Montreal, was in the process of building an outdoor terrace and adjoining the Restaurant de l’Instittut....
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Press release People with disabilities still forgotten by the Plante-Dorais administration

April 12th 2018

Montreal, Thursday, April 12, 2018 – Big news: Montreal is increasing its home ownership subsidies for families, which corresponds to the top priorities of this administration as mentioned in a press conference by Mayor Plante. News which is certainly welcome...
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Press release – Is Walmart the only culprit?

April 3rd 2018

Press Release In the case of employees with intellectual disabilities Is Walmart the only culprit? Montreal, Tuesday, April 3, 2018 – Last Thursday, we learned that the company was laying off a good number of employees in its 26 branches...
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Press release: S.O.S. For the Commission (on human and youth rights) Access to justice for the most disadvantaged is compromised

March 20th 2018

The RAPLIQ reaction Montreal, Monday, March 19, 2018 – Following the recent events that have shaken the Human Rights and Youth Commission (CDPDJ), the RAPLIQ, which is well aware of the workings of this organization, wishes to express its point...
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Focus

January 9th 2018

A text by Steven Laperriere, Vice-President, RAPLIQ At the start of the year, with all the turmoil that Linda’s candidacy and mine in the last election campaign caused within the RAPLIQ, its membership and in the associative sector, a clarification...
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Another victory: in Quebec Superior Court – the RAPLIQ against the Commission on Human Rights and Youth Rights (CDPDJ)

June 24th 2017

It will be recalled that last January, the CDPDJ closed 15 complaints filed by the RAPLIQ in December 2011, under the pretext that the complainants had not experienced discrimination and simply did not agree with the services offered by the...
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The absence of a terrace accessible to people with reduced mobility denounced

June 18th 2017

(Source Journal Métro ) The Association of Activists for Inclusion in Quebec (RAPLIQ) denounces the lack of access for people with reduced mobility on the new terrace of the Institut du tourisme et de l’hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ), which promises nevertheless to...
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A historic victory!

May 30th 2017

There is not a single fight in life that is not worth fighting for. Last Friday, just before 4 p.m., Judge Paquette traced, in the sand of Quebec society, the first meters of the path leading people with disabilities towards...
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