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30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHARTER OF RIGHTS COMPLETE WITH A GUARANTEE OF EQUALITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Many if not most are unaware of the fact that during the

two-year fight over the Charter in Ottawa and across Canada between 1980 and 1982, only one new substantive right was added

to the text of the Charter. That right is the guarantee of equality for people with mental or physical disabilities.

Read more at
https://www.aodaalliance.org/strong-effective-aoda/04172012.asp