Webpage Contents:
Paper: Legal Analysis of Accessible Canada Act – 2018 Final Report
Paper: A Federal Disability Act: Opportunities and Challenges
Plain Language Summary: Legal Analysis of Bill C-81 – Final Report (2018)
Report: Meaningful Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Regulation Making
Paper: A Relic of the Past: Identification, Placement and Review Committees in Ontario’s Education System
November 30, 2020
Article published in the Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy co-authored by ARCH examines the outdated framework that continues to exist in Ontario which creates ongoing barriers for students with disabilities in accessing inclusive education…
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Paper: Legal Analysis of Accessible Canada Act – 2018 Final Report
October 01, 2018
This report provides a legal analysis of Bill C-81, An Act to ensure a barrier free Canada. It incorporates feedback that ARCH received from persons with disabilities and disability organizations on the first draft of this report. A plain language summary is also provided.
Available in PDF and RTF formats.
Disponible en français sous les formats PDF et RTF.
Paper: Considerations for Effective Implementation and Enforcement of the Proposed Federal Accessibility Legislation
May 10, 2017
This paper addresses an important legal issue ARCH recommended the Government to address as it developed the proposed federal accessibility legislation: ensuring effective implementation and enforcement of the proposed federal accessibility legislation.
Available in PDF and RTF formats.
Paper – Proposed Federal Accessibility Legislation and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
February 08, 2017
This paper addresses the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its relationship with the planned federal accessibility legislation.
Available in PDF and RTF formats.
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Paper: A Federal Disability Act: Opportunities and Challenges
October, 2006
A Paper Commissioned by the Council of Canadians with Disabilities and the Canadian Association for Community Living, advancing a set of tools that might be implemented in a Federal Disability Act, and outlining a model legislative framework to illustrate how proposed strategies and tools might interact.
Plain Language Summary: Legal Analysis of Bill C-81 – Final Report (2018)
October 01, 2018
A summary of the legal analysis of Bill C-81, Accessible Canada Act, in plain language…
Report: Meaningful Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Regulation Making
June 21, 2021
Aussi disponible en francais.
This report presents research findings about barriers that prevent persons with disabilities from participating in processes to develop new regulations. The report analyzes these barriers in the context of legal requirements in the Accessible Canada Act, Canadian human rights jurisprudence and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The report includes recommendations for actions Canadian regulators can take to make regulation development processes more accessible, inclusive and meaningful for persons with disabilities.