Now it’s the Toronto Star reporting on the serious disability barriers at the new Toronto courthouse!

Toronto Star, Francine Kopun, Senior Writer, August 24, 2024
The $956-million provincial courthouse in Toronto is under fire again – this time for failing to meet the province’s own accessibility legislation. Disability rights activist David Lepofsky says courthouse violates the province’s own Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. He and others raised concerns with the government during and after the construction of the provincial courthouse, which opened in March 2023. They made a series of very bad mistakes. They easily could have avoided all of them, said Lepofsky, chair of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance (AODAA) and visiting research professor of disability rights at the faculty of law at the University of Western Ontario.

Ian McConachie, a spokesperson for Infrastructure Ontario, said officials are reviewing feedback on the building from stakeholders, including its accessibility advisory group and the public, with an eye to mitigating issues. In order to facilitate this process, the project’s accessibility consultants conducted the final building review and we are gathering their feedback.