News release

AODA Alliance

The Federal Government Releases Report of Its Public Consultation on What the Promised Canadians with Disabilities Act Should Include – Lots of Good Content But Some Areas Where The Federal Report Falls Short

On May 29, the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, released a report entitled, “Creating new national accessibility legislation: What we learned from Canadians.” The report summarizes the input received following Canada-wide consultations to inform the development of new planned federal accessibility legislation.

Links to the report. English: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/planned-accessibility-legislation/reports/consultations-what-we-learned.html

French: https://www.canada.ca/fr/emploi-developpement-social/programmes/loi-prevue-accessibilite/rapports/consultations-ce-que-nous-avons-appris.html

On June 13th, AODA Alliance released its’ critique of this report: “The Federal Government Releases Report of Its Public Consultation on What the Promised Canadians with Disabilities Act Should Include – Lots of Good Content But Some Areas Where The Federal Report Falls Short”. The link to this critique (English only): http://www.aodaalliance.org/strong-effective-aoda/06132017.asp