This amendment comes from testimony the committee heard from various organizations representing people with disabilities, and from the community perspective. Concerns were brought forward that services such as closed captioning and described audio and video make our media more accessible to people with disabilities.
In addition to that, this amendment serves a dual purpose, because it also proposes that people with disabilities have the right to self-expression. There should be opportunities for them to express themselves through the community element and other elements in our Canadian broadcasting system, so it is both to be provided with access and to develop their own content and voices.