When I go to the States, which I do often, I feel like I'm going through a time machine into the future. I'm actually embarrassed to say this as a proud Canadian, but they're way ahead of us. It's not because they invented people with disabilities before we did. It's simply because, at a legislative level, they decided to pass something strong and effective way earlier—1990, not 2019—at the federal level. They put in place much more effective enforcement than we have. Their federal government has much more effective enforcement because they enacted much clearer and more comprehensive standards.
Now, are they the paragon? There is a lot they could be doing better, but they're way ahead of us. With a billion people with disabilities around the world, it means they have an edge in the tourism market for people with disabilities, with the goal of ensuring they can fully participate.
They're certainly ahead of us on multiple fronts. We should be catching up. We should have caught up by now and passed them.