Barrier Free Manitoba

The report of the second legislative review of Ontario's Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005) by Mayo Moran was released on February 13, 2015 and calls for that government to show strong, bold new leadership on accessibility.

Here's how the AODA Alliance described the report's major findings:

"The Mayo Moran report showed that after fully ten years of implementing the AODA, Ontarians with disabilities continue to face too many barriers. They have not seen much change in their daily lives. She found that the Ontario Government, despite taking some action, has not effectively made accessibility a priority in its own operations. She concluded that the Government as a whole, starting with Premier Wynne herself, must show strong, bold new leadership on accessibility. She made it clear that we don't have time to wait for new action on this front.

This report is in many ways a huge vindication of the tireless efforts of the AODA Alliance, and of people with disabilities and their supporters around Ontario. We have been confronting the Ontario Liberal Government with the same message for years, to no avail. We are delighted with the findings in this report."

We are pleased to post the full report for download (Word / PDF).

Manitoba has the great opportunity to learn from Ontario's expereince. Will our governemnt take heed or muddle through and make the same mistakes?

We're hoping the former.