Accessibility For Ontarians With Disabilities Act
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Ontario’s 2025 accessibility goals impossible without urgent action, report findsOntario will fail to meet its goal of making the province accessible for people with disabilities by 2025 unless the government takes urgent action, a new report has found.CanadaMar 10, 2023
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Ontario PCs won’t commit to accessibility improvements, disability advocate saysDavid Lepofsky, a blind lawyer, chairs the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance, a non-partisan group that campaigns for disability and accessibility reform.PoliticsMay 25, 2022
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Companies under pressure to comply with Ontario’s new website accessibility standardsAll private-sector and not-for-profit organizations with more than 50 employees could be fined for failing to ensure their website complies with rules that took effect in January.CanadaJun 3, 2021
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‘I need help’: Coronavirus highlights disparities among Canadians with disabilitiesIn Canada, one in four Canadians — about 25 per cent of the population — has a disability. Despite this, advocates say they are often left out of emergency planning.CanadaMay 6, 2020
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London to prevent vehicles for hire from charging disabled people extra feesThe new regulation is meant to enforce the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, which already makes it illegal to charge someone with a disability an extra fee.CanadaOct 1, 2019
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Video showing difficulty navigating snow-covered York University sidewalk in wheelchair raises broader concernsThe video was posted on social media on Thursday by student Ali Imrie as she tried to make her way to her on-campus home. Imrie can be seen in her wheelchair as a friend struggles to push her through a university-owned, snow-covered sidewalk near her home.CanadaFeb 1, 2019
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Ontario election: Disability advocates hope new government will revisit accessibility lawThe three main parties have all made pledges or even explicit platform commitments geared toward the estimated 1.9 million Ontarians living with physical, intellectual or developmental disabilities.PoliticsJun 4, 2018
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Ontario privacy commission says province overcharged groupOntario's privacy commission ordered the $4,200 fee quoted by the provincial government be reduced to $750.CanadaJul 31, 2017
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Back online: Council votes to put videos on website, YouTubeIn less than 72 hours since the videos were first removed, London City Council unanimously passed a motion to repost public domain videos of their meetings back on the city’s website and YouTube channel.PoliticsFeb 3, 2017
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