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Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update

United for a Barrier-Free Society for All People with Disabilities

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February 10, 2022

SUMMARY

What did it take to force the Ford Government to extend its February 28, 2022 deadline for renewing an expired Ontario health Card, and to enable people to use an Ontario Photo ID Card in lieu of a driver’s license to renew their Health Card online? It took a court application!

Read the Evidence AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky Filed with the Superior Court of Ontario that Shows How the Ford Government’s Online Health Card Renewal Process Discriminates Against People with Disabilities Like Him. Read full article.

Belatedly Agrees in the Face of a Disability Discrimination Court Application to Extend to September 1 the Time to Renew an Expired Health Card and to Enable Online Health Card Renewal Using Ontario Photo ID Card In Lieu of Driver’s License

ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ALLIANCE
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Ford Government Capitulates at the Court House Door. Read full article.

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Society for All People with Disabilities Web: https://www.aodaalliance.org
Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com
Twitter: @aodaalliance
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February 7, 2022

SUMMARY

Here are three events over the past week that combined to a crescendo of head-shaking irony.

Ford Government Appoints the Next Independent Review of the Disabilities Act After it Failed for Three Years to Implement the Blistering Report of the Last Independent Review. Read full article.

By Isaac Callan – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Feb 05, 2022 – Brampton

Brampton, with its gaping boulevards and suburban-style planning built around the car, does not seem like an ideal setting for the use of commuter e-scooters. But it’s set to be the first GTA municipality to authorize rentals of the increasingly popular electrified two-wheelers, under a pilot program.

Brampton’s plan to unleash e-scooters prompts accessibility & safety concerns, questions about viability. Read full article.

David Onley says he’s disappointed, but the Ford government says the work is happening Trevor Dunn, CBC News
Posted: Feb 06, 2022

Three years after the Doug Ford government received a key report on making Ontario more accessible for people with disabilities, its author says little has been done to achieve its goals and there doesn’t appear to be a plan in place to fix that.

3 Years After Ontario Accessibility Report, ‘Little Progress’ Made, Former Lieutenant-Governor Says. Read full article.