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Media Coverage of Ford Government’s Backing Down on the Disability Barrier in Ontario Health Card Renewal- and – More That the Government Needs to Do

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Society for All People with Disabilities Web: https://www.aodaalliance.org
Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com
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February 14, 2022

SUMMARY

City News Ottawa reported last week on the Ford Government’s caving in just before a court scheduling hearing, on the disability barrier in the process for renewing Ontario expired Health Cards. We include that news report below.

Media Coverage of Ford Government’s Backing Down on the Disability Barrier in Ontario Health Card Renewal- and – More That the Government Needs to Do. Read full article.

Brampton City Council and Mayor Patrick Brown Should Not Endanger People with Disabilities, Seniors and Others by Allowing the Silent Menace of Electric Scooters

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Society for All People with Disabilities

Web: https://www.aodaalliance.org
Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com
Twitter: @aodaalliance
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance/

February 11, 2022

SUMMARY

1. News Report Shows Brampton About to Allow Electric Scooters Without Considering Their Dangers to People with Disabilities, Seniors, Children and Others

Brampton City Council and Mayor Patrick Brown Should Not Endanger People with Disabilities, Seniors and Others by Allowing the Silent Menace of Electric Scooters. Read full article.

Request to Have Oshawa’s Accessibility Committee Approve Downtown Patios Denied

By Glenn Hendry
Published February 8, 2022

A request from the Oshawa Accessibility Advisory Committee (OAAC) that sidewalk patio applications be brought to the OAAC for approval was defeated at committee Monday, with councillors saying struggling businesses don’t need another layer of bureaucracy in their recovery from the pandemic.

Rosemary McConkey, who sits on the advisory committee, was surprised at the dissension she was hearing from her fellow councillors on the issue when it came before the Development Services Committee.

Request to Have Oshawa’s Accessibility Committee Approve Downtown Patios Denied. Read full article.

Read the Evidence AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky Filed with the Superior Court of Ontario that Shows How the Ford Government’s Online Health Card Renewal Process Discriminates Against People with Disabilities Like Him

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update

United for a Barrier-Free Society for All People with Disabilities

Web: https://www.aodaalliance.org
Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com
Twitter: @aodaalliance
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance/

February 10, 2022

SUMMARY

What did it take to force the Ford Government to extend its February 28, 2022 deadline for renewing an expired Ontario health Card, and to enable people to use an Ontario Photo ID Card in lieu of a driver’s license to renew their Health Card online? It took a court application!

Read the Evidence AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky Filed with the Superior Court of Ontario that Shows How the Ford Government’s Online Health Card Renewal Process Discriminates Against People with Disabilities Like Him. Read full article.

Ford Government Capitulates at the Court House Door

Belatedly Agrees in the Face of a Disability Discrimination Court Application to Extend to September 1 the Time to Renew an Expired Health Card and to Enable Online Health Card Renewal Using Ontario Photo ID Card In Lieu of Driver’s License

ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ALLIANCE
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Ford Government Capitulates at the Court House Door. Read full article.

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