Accessibility legislation
In Canada, accessibility legislation is embedded in:
- Accessible Canada Act
- Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
- The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Eldridge v British Columbia (1997) 3 S.C.R. 624
- Provincial accessibility laws
- Provincial human rights codes
- Context specific accessibility legislation
CDAC input and resources on communication accessibility legislation:
- Recommendations to ASC, Dec 8, 2021
- CDAC’s national survey on communication barriers.
- Recommendations to CHRC
- Call to Action
- Letter to Minister Qualtrough DSQ and CSD
- Letter to Ontario Premier re: Covid 19 communication support
- Brief to Ontario’s Information and Communications Standards Committee, January 2020
- Bill C81 Passed by Senate
- Senator Dean Address Communication Access in the Senate
- Senate Presentation on Bill C-81, April 11, 2019 [Video Opens in new tab]
- Speaking Notes for Senate Committee (2019)
- Feedback on Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities, Part 1, Vol. 153. #10 (2019)
- Letter to Senate Committee (2019)
- Senator Munson re: Bill C 81 (2019)
- Brief for Special Rapporteur, UNCRPD (April 2019)
- Brief to Hon. David Onley on third review of AODA (Dec 2018)
- Letter to Minister Raymond Cho, Minister of Seniors and Accessibility (2019)
- Brief to HUMA Standing Committee on Bill C 81 (Oct. 2018)
- Public Consultation on Federal Accessibility Legislation: Input from Canadians who have Speech, Language and Communication Disabilities (2018)
- Communication Intermediaries in Ontario – Sept 2017
- Medical Assistance in Dying – August 2018
- CDAC receives the David Onley Award for Leadership in Accessibility (2016)
- CDAC letter to Minister on ways to strengthen Bill C-81 for people with communication disabilities
- CDAC Letter to Senators (Sept 2018)
- Expectations for Bill C-81 (Sept 2018)
- CDAC’s Briefing for Amendments to the AODA regulations (PDF) – January 2016
- CDAC feedback on Accessibility Directorate of Ontario’s Handbook on Accessible Employment – September 2015
- Letter to Dean Moran. Review of AODA (2014)