Will BC’s Landmark New Legislation Adequately Address Disability Rights?

May 27, 2021 / by BBG Security / All, International

MLA Stephanie Cadieux has mixed feelings about a British Columbia government bill aimed at improving accessibility for people with disabilities. “It’s a much-needed start, and I’m happy about that,” she said. “I’m disappointed that it doesn’t go deeper faster.” Read more athttps://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/will-bcs-landmark-new-legislation-adequately-address-disability-rights/ Related

Government of Ontario COVID-19 Recovery Must Address Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Warn Experts – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

October 12, 2020 / by BBG Security / Health, Mental

NEWS PROVIDED BY Addictions and Mental Health Ontario TORONTO, Oct. 6, 2020 /CNW/ – Everything is not all right, warned Ontario’s leading mental health and addiction organizations including, Addictions and Mental Health Ontario, Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Children’s Mental Health Ontario, The Royal, Ontario Shores Centre […]

OHRC Files Motion to Address Ontario’s Breach of Legal Obligation to Keep Prisoners With Mental Health Disabilities Out of Segregation – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

September 2, 2020 / by BBG Security / aoda., Mental

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) filed a motion with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) for an order to hold Ontario accountable for failing to meet its legal obligations to keep prisoners with mental health disabilities out of segregation. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/statement-ohrc-files-motion-to-address-ontarios-breach-of-legal-obligation-to-keep-prisoners-with-mental-health-disabilities-out-of-segregation/ Related

To Honour National AccessAbility Week, the Ford Government Announces Nothing New to Address the Unmet Urgent Needs of 2.6 Million Ontarians with Disabilities During the COVID-19 Crisis – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

June 5, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.

The Ford Government’s self-congratulatory June 1, 2020 announcement to mark National AccessAbility Week (set out below) announces no comprehensive plan of new action to address the unmet urgent needs of 2.6 million Ontarians with disabilities during the COVID-19 crisis. Instead it once again simply re-announces measures that have been in place for months or years […]

Ontario’s New Democratic Party and the Ontario Human Rights Commission Press the Ford Government to Take Substantially More Action to Address Ontarians with Disabilities’ Urgent Needs During the COVID-19 Crisis – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

April 22, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.

Here are even more calls for the Ford Government to take substantially more action to address the urgent needs of Ontarians with disabilities during the COVID-19 crisis. Below we set out four important recent documents showing this crisis. The first three are from the Ontario New Democratic Party, and the fourth is from the Ontario […]