Inclusion Alberta encourages every Albertan 18 years and older, including those with intellectual disabilities, to participate in the federal election and exercise their right to vote on election day, April 28, 2025. This is an ideal time to impress upon the candidates in your riding the need for them and their parties to consider the interests of children and adults with intellectual disabilities and their families. Together with our partners in the Inclusion Canada federation, we are calling on all political party candidates to learn about our priorities and commit to improving the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and their families.  

Candidates and their parties are interested in obtaining every vote possible, so do not hesitate to reach out to the candidates in your riding to let them know what federal issues are important to you and your family, and to ask them where they and their party stand on supporting them. 

Our election priorities 

To make sure that issues affecting people with disabilities get the attention they deserve, our national federation Inclusion Canada has created a 2025 Election Priorities document, which Inclusion Alberta endorses. We have five priorities: 

1. Enhancing Financial Security 
2. Reforming Canada’s Discriminatory MAiD Law 
3. Investing in Inclusive Employment Opportunities 
4. Increasing Access to Inclusive Affordable Housing for All 
5. Strengthening Families: Support Children and Youth with Disabilities 

Download the document “2025 Election Priorities” here (PDF)

These are the commitments we want political parties to make. We want this document to get into the hands of every candidate in the country.  

How You Can Help 

We are sharing an “Advocacy Toolkit” developed by Inclusion Canada and adapted by Inclusion Alberta for our province, that includes practical advice, suggestions on which priorities are most relevant in our province, and template letters to effectively communicate with your local candidates.

We’re committed to making disability issues a priority, and we need your help. Here are some things you can do to make a difference: 

• Read Inclusion Canada’s “Stronger Together: 2025 Election Priorities (PDF)” document 

• Talk to your family and friends about the issues that are important to you. 

• Encourage everyone to vote. Let people know that they have a right to the accommodations and support they need to vote. 

• If a candidate comes to your door, talk to them about things that are important for people with intellectual disabilities. 

• Contact the candidates in your area and ask to meet with them. This toolkit can help you plan what you want to say. 

• Listen to what the political parties have to say about disability. Use this information to make an informed choice. 

• And maybe the most important of all – vote!  We get to have a say about who leads our country and the decisions they make impacting people with disabilities. Let’s make our priorities heard. 

• For more information about how and where can vote, please visit the Elections Canada website here  and enter your postal code. 

Please contact us at 780-451-3055 or info@inclusionalberta.org if you have questions about these policy priorities or how you can raise them with candidates. 

Let us know how your meeting with a candidate went: 

If you have met with a federal candidate, please let us know how it went in this simple online survey. This step is crucial for our national strategy in advocating for individuals with intellectual disabilities. It helps us understand candidate and party positions and identify allies. Thank you for your advocacy! Fill out the short survey here.