Premier McGuinty caves to business interests at the expense of a strong and effective AODA

The new Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), which was passed by the Ontario Liberals 5 years ago, is certainly not an ambitious piece of legislation given their commitment to make Ontario fully accessible by 2025! It turns out that not only is it lacking ambition, but the standards created so far, fall considerably short of being strong and effective. This unfortunately means even the government’s own chosen date of 2025 (which is legally binding) to make Ontario completely accessible will not be met.