Barrier Free Manitoba

Greg Selinger, the final of the candidates for the NDP leadership to set out positions on key disability issues, committed himself, if re-elected, to the timely implementation of the Accessibility for Manitobans Act (AMA), including comitments on several detailed measures.

He also stated his in principle support for Abilities Manitoba's five-priority pathway toward improved and sustainable services for Manitobans with intellectual disabilities, including commitments to improving training and standards of care and to future increases toward paying service workers a living wage.

Mr. Selinger's response also referenced his recent support for examining the introduction of a pension-like basic income for people with severe and prolonged disabilities and his request for a review of government-wide benchmarks for civil servant employment equity and for how infrastructure initiaitives might help increase empoyment for those with disabilities.

Finally, Mr. Selinger's response included his commitments to build more social housing and fufilling provincial obligations under the United Nations Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

We are pleased to post his response (Word / PDF) to our letter of January 27 which asked the three candidates to advise us of their positions on key disability issues.