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United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Breaking News in the Campaign for a Barrier-Free Canada – Federal NDP Announces It will Support Enactment of the Canadians with Disabilities Act – Will the Liberals, Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois Do So Too? September 29, 2015 We are pleased to share with you theContinue reading Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update

Canada NewsWire, TORONTO, Sept. 24, 2015 The leaders of Canada’s largest disability organizations serving upwards of four million Canadians with disabilities are 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, and to fulfill Canada’s commitmentsContinue reading Barrier-Free Canada – Canada Sans Barrieres: Canada’s Largest Disability Organizations Endorse Barrier-Free Canada’s Call for a Canadians with Disabilities Act

(This Notice can also be downloaded as a Word document here.) City Council support efforts by Barrier-Free Canada/Canada Sans Barrieres (BFC/CSB) to urge the new Parliament of Canada to enact The Canadians with Disabilities Act (CDA) – Councillor Jim Karygiannis, seconded by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam Recommendations: Councillor Jim Karygiannis, seconded by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, recommendsContinue reading Notice of Motion

Originally posted at the Durham Region website. DurhamRegion.com asked Durham Region candidates in the Oct. 19 federal election to supply their party’s policy in 20 areas of interest. Weekdays from Sept. 7 to Oct. 2 we will explore federal party policies. What help can our political parties give persons with disabilities to live comfortable andContinue reading Durham federal election candidates on inclusiveness for people with disabilities

Table of contents A special request to our readers Summary for the month of August Next steps How you can support us Contact info A special request to our readers We would like to start with an important appeal to our readers. From now until October 19, we are asking you to please help our cause by takingContinue reading The Barrier Free Canada August 2015 newsletter

The Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, September, 02, 2015 – 9:09:58 AM By James Jackson Chronicle Staff For Jason Tomesch, the talk surrounding the upcoming federal election has been sorely lacking one key discussion — improving the lives of the millions of Canadians who live with one or more disability every day. Tomesch knows the struggle first-hand.Continue reading Making disabilities a federal election issue