Human Rights at UPEI

The photo-op in the Guardian today improve wheelchair accessibility at Main Building on UPEI campus has the government PR machine in full swing.

Despite the hoopla, students and staff with disabilities have accessible parking at less than 30% of the campus.

“Field Of Dreams” coined the phrase “If you build it they will come”. True but they also built a road to the field so people could get there.

The other parking is outside the legal boundaries for accessible parking and the lots are empty. People with disabilities are staying away from UPEI in droves. Perhaps that’s President MacLauchlan’s plan.

Social Services and Seniors Minister Currie, just another pretty face?, and Charlene Stevenson and Brian Doucette of PEI CPA and Paul Cudmore of PEI Accessibility Committee (Guardian Photo)

Eureka- we just figured out who Currie reminds us of – check out next weeks episode of This Hour Has Five and Half Minutes.

Ever trying to make the government look good for a fee, Myrtle Jenkins Smith, who is everywhere all at once, would like us to believe the PEI Canadian Paraplegic Association is coming to the rescue on a white horse. Far from it: they are a strange crew that only seek the advantage of their 100 plus members over the good of PEI’s 22,000 Islanders with disabilities.

So they are out at UPEI with Cudmore, which they deny except we can see them together in the picture, scheming to take away accessible parking. Maybe that’s why Cudmore looks so grim: he realizes he is being outted on the PEI CPA connection.

After months of denying that the Access-Ability Committee, PEI CPA and Myrtle Jenkins Smith are linked, they is the crew all in one place. Should have Photoshopped Cudmore out and left out Myrtle’s little blowhard quote from the press release. Ego always trips you up.

Mytle Jenkins Smith, Liberal Millionaires Club and spin doctor for Ghiz

PEI CPA and the Access-Ability committee took away the last three spots and with lies-a-plenty telling us it will be better. For PEI CPA better: they are all in wheelchairs.

PEI CPA told me they like to be a he-men and park as far from the door as they can. Well bully for the PEI CPA.

Lots of other people with disabilities need to park close to the door, that’s why they invented disabled parking, for the rest of us. Guess the world body that decided on less than 50 meters forgot to consult PEI CPA.

This is not a point of politics, religion, logic or argument. Disabled parking is by regulation less than 50 meters from the door. Only creepy organization make the disabled walk even the 50 meters.

UPEI is outside the boundaries of creepy. It’s discrimination plain and simple.

Ho hum, who cares? President Wade is rich, tall, handsome and talks with smooth tongue. The Minister looks so handsome, those people in the wheelchairs are smiling, well Charlene is smiling.

All is right with the disabled world on PEI. Go back to sleep dear reader.

Sleep,sleep until the letters to the Guardian start from the Myrtle Jenkins Smith PR machine. Sigh.