“最糟糕的结果”：总理表示他不会在法庭上诉讼后，休斯顿政府正在上诉残疾人权利决定

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休斯顿政府将前往加拿大最高法院提出一项决定，称残疾人的继续制度化等于“系统性歧视”。

“Simply put, at the heart of the claim of the discrimination is this: to place someone in an institutional setting where they do not need to be in order to access their basic needs, which the province is statutorily obligated to provide, is discriminatory,” said the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal decision dated October 6.

该决定引用了人们根据残疾或花年多年在社区环境中的小房子中等待一席之地的人的拒绝人士援助的例子。

“这是一个重磅炸弹，考虑到总理在表示不战斗或对该决定提出上诉时的早期评论，”《残疾人权利联盟》律师克莱尔·麦克尼尔（Claire McNeil）说，该联盟提出了最初的人权申诉。“这是最糟糕的结果。”

这是蒂姆·休斯顿（Tim Houston）总理在10月7日的内阁会议之后告诉记者，这是法院释放判决后的第二天，本质上代表三个智力残疾人扩大了歧视的发现，以至于“系统性歧视”之一。贝丝·麦克林（Beth MacLean），乔伊·德莱尼（Joey Delaney）和希拉·利文斯通（Sheila Livingstone）在新斯科舍省医院（Nova Scotia Hospital）呆了多年，每人收到20万至30万美元的损失。其中两个申诉人死了。

记者（问题）：Premier, there was a Court decision yesterday on a sort of longstanding issue involving disabled Nova Scotians who don’t have appropriate housing. Are you going to continue to pursue that case in court?

Houston (Answer):不，我想……向贝丝·麦克林（Beth MacLean）和希拉·利文斯通（Sheila Livingstone）的家人表示诚挚的慰问。我想说的是……他们的勇气 - 与乔伊·德莱尼（Joey Delaney）一起 - 他们在追求这一目标时表现出的勇气将留下遗产。而且我们……我只是认为没有人真正必须将政府提起法庭才能使他们的政府做正确的事。因此，我们收到了消息 - 大声而清晰。我们将与社区合作，以确保获得支持。”

那是过去,现在是现在。Given the ruling, the Disability Rights Coalitionhas been asking if there is a plan（有时间表和预算）对于那些不必要地制度化或想要选择居住地的人。

On Wednesday, the Halifax Examiner asked if Community Services has a plan and this afternoon we received this emailed statement from Community Services Minister Karla MacFarlane “on behalf of Premier Houston,” who is in Boston.

Statement from Karla MacFarlane

As Minister of Community Services, I’m responding on behalf of the Premier.

In early October, I stated the province would not be appealing the decision of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal with regards to the findings of individual discrimination in the cases of Joey Delaney, the late Beth MacLean, and the late Sheila Livingstone.

And, I want to again reiterate that government is not appealing the findings of individual discrimination. Nor are we appealing the individual damages awarded.

我觉得乔伊·德莱尼（Joey Delaney），贝丝·麦克莱恩（Beth Maclean）和希里亚·利文斯通（Shelia Livingstone）发生了什么事，这极大地错了 - 这并不能反映我们作为新斯科舍省人的善良，尊重，公平和体面的价值观。

Many significant questions arise from the Court of Appeal decision that we believe the Supreme Court of Canada may help us to resolve. These questions include the impacts and implications of the systemic finding for other social programs delivered by government. Government programs are guided by policies with allocated budgets. This decision also places a legal requirement on the Disability Support Program and we need to better understand that requirement. For these reasons, the province has made the decision to appeal.

The statement from the Community Services minister goes on to promise action but does not contain timelines for when people can expect to see it.

它也不表明分配给提供支持和服务的资金将在满足等待名单上数百人的需求方面。模糊的语言是一个残疾人家庭的家庭，都太熟悉了。他们从每个条纹的每个政府那里听到了这一消息。

MacFarlane的声明继续：

It is recognized globally that institutionalized settings for people living with disabilities are an outdated model of care. These facilities limit a person’s choice, their independence, community inclusion, their privacy, and their quality of life.

Our government will remain focused on closing these facilities.

To this end, there is a lot of good work underway. This includes closing Harbourside Lodge, an adult residential centre in Yarmouth. We have also started to reduce admissions to institutionalized settings. In addition, over the past several years, government has made significant investments in creating new placements in community for Disability Support Program participants including a $20.4 million investment this year. We will continue this work by investing $16 million per year for each of the next four years.

I have directed officials within my department to speed this process up. I want the department to move faster – allowing more people to move to community in a shorter timeframe. We will continue to focus on supporting those with disabilities.

But don’t expect an end to systemic discrimination any time soon. At least not until the Supreme Court of Canada decides if it will hear the case.

至于总理，新斯科舍省人会根据自己的行为而不是他的话来判断他。