Media Relations Office, Employment and Social Development Canada, June 20, 2018 Today, following the most inclusive and accessible consultation with Canadians with disabilities and with the disability community, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, introduced the proposed Accessible Canada Act to Parliament. This historic legislation would…
Michelle McQuigge, The Canadian Press reporter, The Globe and Mail, June 20, 2018 Canadians with disabilities felt a surge of tempered optimism on Wednesday as they watched Canada table its first piece of federal legislation aimed at improving accessibility for people with disabilities. The Accessible Canada Act, presented hours before the house rose for the…
Michelle McQuigge, The Canadian Press, June 6, 2018 As Ontario gets set to elect a new government, some disabled voters say accommodations put in place to allow them to cast their ballots independently and privately are not working as intended. They say elections workers were helpful and respectful, but not always trained on accessible voting…
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Division, Accessibility Directorate of Ontario, May 4, 2018 The AODA review committee has submitted their final proposed revisions to the Transportation Standards of the AODA to the Minister Responsible for Accessibility. The minister may accept the 32 proposed revisions in whole, in part, or with modifications. Any proposed changes to…
Robin Simmons, The Centre for Independent Living in Toronto (CILT), April 26, 2018 Non-partisan community partners invite persons with disabilities, their friends and families and the public to the Province-Wide Debate on Accessibility and Disability Issues. Representatives of Ontario’s political parties will be fielding questions about housing, employment, poverty reduction strategies, Accessibility for Ontarians with…
Laurie Monsebraaten, Social Justice Reporter, The Toronto Star, April 18, 2018 After five years of lax enforcement of Ontario’s groundbreaking accessibility legislation, disability activists want Queen’s Park to hand over enforcement responsibilities to an independent public agency. The call comes in the wake of a new report that shows a 2015 government crackdown on accessibility…
Brian Hill, Associate Producer, Global News, March 10, 2018 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has decided it will no longer fund the production of accessible books for blind and vision-impaired Canadians, Global News has learned. Starting April 1, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), which is Canada’s largest producer of accessible and…
Laurie Monsebraaten, Social Justice Reporter, Toronto Star, March 8, 2018 Accessibility advocates are questioning the Wynne government’s recent appointment of former lieutenant-governor David Onley to lead the next independent review of Ontario’s landmark accessibility legislation. They say Onley, a childhood polio survivor, who completed a three-year appointment last fall as the government’s special adviser on…
Alejandro Moledo, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), March 6, 2018 This contribution is published as part of the UNRISD Think Piece Series, From Disruption to Transformation? Linking Technology and Human Rights for Sustainable Development. It isn’t news that we live in an exciting moment for technology. From artificial intelligence and machine learning…
Desmond Brown, Toronto CBC News, February 6, 2018 An Uber Assist driver who refused to pick up a blind Paralympian last year because of her service dog has been fined $250. Victoria Nolan, who captured bronze at the 2016 Rio Games in four-mixed rowing, had finished training at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre when…
