Barrier Free Manitoba

Disability discrimination has ranked as the undisputed No. 1 ground for human rights complaints in Manitoba every year over the last decade.

The recent publication by the Manitoba Human Rights Commission of its 2010 Annual Report provides the first opportunity to review consistent data on human rights complaints filed over the last decade. The findings are at once both clear and troubling: disability discrimination has ranked as the undisputed No. 1 ground for human rights complaints in Manitoba every year over the last decade.

Barrier-Free Manitoba, along with hundreds of coalitions, groups and individuals, continues to call on the province to enact strong and effective accessibility-rights legislation to more effectively promote and protect the human rights of persons with disabilities.

More details from the data review are available in our media release (word / pdf) sent out earlier today. The findings are also highlighted on this web site’s feature issue page.