Private member’s bill to create provincial taskforce passes second reading Thornhill Liberal
By Simone Joseph
Thornhill MPP Gila Martow came one step closer to helping people who use handicapped parking earlier this month.
On May 5, she promoted and debated her private member’s bill, Bill 187: Commission of Inquiry into Accessible Parking in Municipalities Act, 2016, in the Ontario Legislature and it passed second reading.
Ottawa – Two Carleton University students from the Faculty of Engineering and Design have been awarded top prizes at the annual Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) competition, organized by the Council of Ontario Universities.
Micah Rakoff Bellman and Melody Chen, both students of Carleton’s Industrial Design program, found their way to the podium, with Bellman’s design of a flexible kitchen work space taking first place and Chen’s design of an accessible closet storage unit in third.
Some curbs have yet to be leveled with the surrounding pavement, even though it is city policy and a provincial requirement.
The curbs on each side of a pedestrian crosswalk on Packard Blvd. have not been cut down level with asphalt, even though it is city policy to do so, and a requirement of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.
By Jack Lakey
Staff Reporter
Mon., May 9, 2016
