TORONTO, December 10, 2012 – Marking International Human Rights Day, the Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) today released its Framework for the Law as it Affects Persons with Disabilities. The Framework enables policy-makers, legislators, courts, advocates, community organizations and others to understand and evaluate the effects of laws, policies and practices on persons with disabilities, and provides a foundation for law reform efforts in this area.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Elections Ontario’s Progress Towards Deploying Telephone and Internet Voting is Still Slow
ELECTIONS ONTARIO DOESN’T KNOW WHEN OR IF IT WILL BE READY TO TEST THESE IN AN ONTARIO BY-ELECTION, OR EVEN IF IT WILL EVER AGREE TOO TEST THESE
December 7 2012
SUMMARY
The AODA Alliance continues to spearhead a vigorous campaign to get Ontario voters to have access to the option of telephone and internet voting in Ontario elections. Below, we provide the latest in this seemingly never-ending saga.
City Says No More Free Transit for Blind, Disabled
By Flannery Dean, CBC News Posted: Dec 5, 2012
Under the current system, the blind as well as those who use canes, walkers, scooters and wheelchairs are allowed to ride HSR free of charge.
A change to Hamilton’s transit policy will force riders with disabilities to pay full fare starting in the new year, the city announced Tuesday.
“If an Ontario Human Rights Complaint is filed, we will stop providing Para transit” County of Brant
Karen McCall
December 4, 2012
Ironically on the United Nations International Day for people with Disabilities, the County of Brant Community Services Committee approved yet another variant to their unaffordable transportation scheme which ignores any of the Integrated Accessibility Standards for specialized transportation.
Ontarians With Disabilities Hit the Hardest by Government Cuts: OFL Statement for International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 2012
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Dec. 3, 2012) – December 3 marks the United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities. According to the UN, persons with disabilities make up 15 percent of the world’s population and a quarter of the global population is estimated to be directly affected by disability, as care-givers or family members. The theme for 2012 is focused on removing the barriers to an inclusive and accessible society for all.