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The Globe and Mail August 11, 2015 By ANDRÉ PICARD Twenty-five years ago, the United States adopted a momentous civil liberties law, the Americans with Disabilities Act. The purpose of the law was four-fold: to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities; to provide clear, strong, consistent,Continue reading EQUALITY: It’s past time for our own Disabilities Act

Table of contents Summary for the month of July Next steps How you can support us Contact info Welcome to the Barrier Free Canada July newsletter and we’ll start with our summary for July. Summary for July The month of July saw a marked increase of individuals signing up as supporters and we welcomed fourContinue reading The Barrier Free Canada July 2015 newsletter

Originally posted at: http://www.richmond-news.com/community/rick-hansen-calls-for-establishing-federal-disabilities-act-1.2018163 Philip Raphael  / Richmond News July 31, 2015 11:12 AM Well-known accessibility advocate and Richmond resident Rick Hansen has added his voice calling for establishing a federal disabilities act. Hansen, who made his mark during his Man in Motion round the world wheelchair tour in the 1980s, is supporting a non-partisanContinue reading Rick Hansen calls for establishing federal disabilities act

Vancouver, BC (July 29, 2015) – Rick Hansen is urging government leaders, influencers and the public to support a new non-partisan campaign to introduce federal legislation to ensure accessibility, inclusion and equal opportunity for Canadians with disabilities. Barrier-Free Canada is an initiative to advocate for enactment of a strong and effective Canadians with Disabilities ActContinue reading Rick Hansen urges Canada to enact federal disabilities act

Table of contents Summary for the month of June Next steps How you can support us Contact info Welcome to the Barrier Free Canada June newsletter and we’ll start with our summary for June. Summary for June The month of June was spent working to garner support from organizations of all kinds and by the end of JuneContinue reading The Barrier Free Canada June 2015 newsletter

The Barrier Free Canada May 2015 newsletter Table of contents 1. Please Support Barrier-Free Canada -A New Disability Coalition that Advocates for a nation-wide Canadians with Disabilities Act – And – More 2. Pushing forward – some of our initiatives 3. Why you need to support the Barrier Free Canada initiative 4. How you canContinue reading The Barrier Free Canada May update