Bill 20 and the disabled: opinion. NDP western jackpot. Healthcare surcharging. Joyous.

Concordia faculty and researchers are regularly asked to offer expert, informed opinions on many of today's most pressing problems. Read some of the latest news items about Concordians:

• The Montreal Gazette publishes an opinion piece, in its paper and online editions, co-authored by Jacqueline Wallace, research associate and part-time instructor in the Department of Communication Studies, and Laurence Parent, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Humanities. Wallace and Parent, both members of the Critical Disability Studies working group at Concordia, call on Health Minister Gaétan Barrette to reconsider proposed changes to healthcare under Quebec's Bill 20 which they say undermine the rights of people with disabilities, and their access to care.
• Bruce Hicks, lecturer in the Department of Political Science, is interviewed for a Montreal Gazette podcast about this week's NDP majority victory in the Alberta provincial elections and how it could impact the electoral fortunes of the NDP at the federal level. The Vancouver Sun and The Province provide a link to the Gazette podcast.
• The Windsor Star reprises an opinion piece co-authored by Kathleen O'Grady, research associate at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, and University of Ottawa professor Colleen M. Flood. O'Grady and Flood write about a case to be heard by the B.C. Supreme Court involving illegal surcharging by private clinics. The piece originally appeared in April 21 edition of The Globe and Mail.
• The Windsor Star reprises another piece by O'Grady in which she tells of her autistic son's ability to find joy in a mundane situation: the fortuitous appearance of a city bus on her street. The piece was first published in The Chicago Tribune, in March.

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