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Remarkable World Commentary Episode #26: Where is the Minister for Disabilities Issues? · Podcasts By Donna Jodhan

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  Announcer: Greetings. Donna J Jodhan, l a and MBA invites you to listen to her
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  biweekly podcast, Remarkable World Commentary.
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  Here, Donna shares some of her innermost thoughts,
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  insights, perspectives, and more with her listeners.
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  Donna focuses on topics that directly affect the future of kids,
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  especially kids with disabilities.
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  Donna is a blind advocate, author, sight loss coach,
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  dinner mystery producer, writer, entrepreneur,
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  law graduate, and podcast commentator.
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  She has decades of lived experiences, knowledge,
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  skills, and expertise in access technology and information.
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  As someone who has been internationally recognized for her work and roles,
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  she just wants to make things better than possible.
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  Donna J. Jodhan: Hello there. My name is Donna Jill Jordan.
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  I am a blogger. I am an advocate.
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  I am an author. A sight loss coach.
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  A mystery writer and producer.
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  An entrepreneur. A law graduate and a podcast commentator.
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  In all of my roles, I have always had the ability to express my opinions freely and
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  knowing that others would give me their feedback and their thoughts.
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  And this is why I decided to get involved in the remarkable bi weekly world commentary.
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  And I'd like to thank my dear friend and associate,
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  Erin Di Blasi, for having encouraged me to get involved.
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  I always like to discuss what's on my mind.
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  And for today, I want to talk to you about something that is really troubling to me,
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  something that is really concerning, and something which I feel others need to get
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  involved with in order to express their thoughts or comments or suggestions,
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  and to help the new Liberal government of Canada to understand why we are so concerned.
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  Okay, it's all about where is the Minister for Disability Issues?
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  And since 2015, we have had a designated minister for disability issues.
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  But now we find ourselves without a minister for disability issues.
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  We're scratching our heads and wondering, where is the minister?
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  Okay, where is this minister?
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  Has this minister been forgotten?
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  Has this minister been ignored?
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  Has this minister been inadvertently left out of the cabinet?
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  Our community believes that this is a gaping gap that has been created by Prime Minister
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  Mark Carney. And we're calling on the Prime Minister to rectify this as soon as possible.
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  We believe that this is a very important issue,
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  and I do not want to give any interpretation as to why there is no minister for disability
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  issues. I would just like to see dialogue take place and this faux pas fixed,
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  okay, because we are contributing members to society.
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  The last time I checked, I pay my taxes.
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  I am a good citizen and I always support others in what they are attempting to do,
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  why they are attempting to do it, and what the benefits are.
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  And I believe we need a minister for disability issues to be appointed by the
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  Liberal government as soon as possible, so that goodwill will prevail,
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  and so that we will continue to engage and communicate with each other,
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  that is, Canadians with disabilities and the Government of Canada.
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  I will close with these three little quotes that I read this morning when I was doing my
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  meditations, and I mean this to be motivators.
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  The first is quote I have a dream, unquote, by Martin Luther King Junior.
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  The second is ask not what your country can do for you,
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  but what you can do for your country.
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  President John F Kennedy on the third motivator.
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  We will fight them on the beaches.
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  Sir Winston Churchill.
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  Let's use these three quotes, or I am going to use these three tiny clips
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  to help motivate me to motivate others.
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  I'm Donna Jordan, thanking you for having dropped by to listen to my remarkable bi
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  weekly world commentary.
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  Have a great day!
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  Announcer: Donna wants to hear from you and invites you to write to her at Donna Jordan at gmail.com.
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  Until next time.