1.5 Million Ontarians With Disabilities Are Counting On You

Do you think children with disabilities should be able to play in parks with their friends and have access to a good education?

Do you think people with disabilities should have the same access to health care & post-secondary education as everyone else?

Do you think people with disabilities who are qualified should have the same chance to work as all other Ontarians?

Like other Ontarians, the 1.5 million people with disabilities in Ontario want to go to school, get jobs, go out with friends and participate in every aspect of life.  Right now they face many barriers that stop them from fully participating in all that Ontario has to offer. Barriers prevent  Ontarians from benefiting from all that people with disabilities have to offer.

What Can Be Done To Make Ontario Barrier-Free?

Ontario needs a strong new law to tear down barriers that keep people with disabilities from participating in every aspect of life.  A strong Ontarians with Disabilities Act would do this.  

It would prevent new barriers from being created in the future. It would require existing barriers to be located and removed in an orderly way. It would give everyone a say in how to achieve this as quickly and practically as possible.

Premier Mike Harris promised in writing before the 1995 election that he would pass the Ontarians with Disabilities Act in his first term. He did not pass that law in his first term.  His government has promised to hold a new consultation and then to pass this legislation.  On November 23, 1999, the Ontario Legislature unanimously passed a resolution, proposed by the Official Opposition, which requires a strong and effective Ontarians with Disabilities Act to be enacted within two years of that date.

How Can You Help?

•	Join our campaign for a barrier-free Ontario for people with disabilities.

•	Tell your Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) that you support a strong Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

•	Talk to your friends and neighbours about the barriers in your community and how your community would be better if those barriers were removed so everyone could participate in society. Come up with ideas on how to prevent new barriers from being created.

•	Use the information below to CONTACT us to LEARN more.

Do You Want To Know More About The Campaign For A Barrier-Free Ontario?

The Ontarians with Disabilities Act Committee is a non-partisan coalition that believes Ontario will benefit when barriers blocking people with disabilities are removed and prevented. Visit our web site at www.indie.ca/oda or leave a voice mail message at (416) 480-7012, or use TTY to contact Susan Main at (416) 964-0023 ex. 343

YOU CAN HELP MAKE ONTARIO BARRIER-FREE FOR 1.5 MILLION 
ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES.

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