Accessible Canada – Creating new federal accessibility legislation: What we learned from Canadians – ASL videos
Official title: Accessible Canada - Creating new federal accessibility legislation: What we learned from Canadians
On this page
- Message from the Minister
- Why Canada needs accessibility legislation
- Our discussion with Canadians
- What we mean by accessibility and disability
- Consulting directly with individuals
- Ideas and key findings
- Key messages heard
- Areas of focus moving forward
- Access and transition to employment
- Access to buildings and public spaces
- Access to travel by air, train, ferry and buses
- Customer service
- Accessibility of computers, smart phones and other technology
- Purchasing goods and services that are accessible to everyone
- Ensuring the new legislation is working
- Monitoring the progress of organizations in following the new legislation
- Supporting organizations that follow the legislation, penalizing those that do not
- Making sure the legislation is improving accessibility
- Changing the culture
- Conclusion
Message from the Minister
Why Canada needs accessibility legislation
Text version of the report: Why Canada needs accessibility legislation
Our discussion with Canadians
What we mean by accessibility and disability
Text version of the report: What we mean by accessibility and disability
Consulting directly with individuals
Text version of the report: Consulting directly with individuals
Ideas and key findings
Key messages heard
Areas of focus moving forward
Access and transition to employment
Text version of the report: Access and transition to employment
Access to buildings and public spaces
Text version of the report: Access to buildings and public spaces
Access to travel by air, train, ferry and buses
Text version of the report: Access to travel by air, train, ferry and buses
Customer service
Accessibility of computers, smart phones and other technology
Text version of the report: Accessibility of computers, smart phones and other technology
Purchasing goods and services that are accessible to everyone
Text version of the report: Purchasing goods and services that are accessible to everyone
Ensuring the new legislation is working
Text version of the report: Ensuring the new legislation is working
Monitoring the progress of organizations in following the new legislation
Supporting organizations that follow the legislation, penalizing those that do not
Making sure the legislation is improving accessibility.
Text version of the report: Making sure the legislation is improving accessibility