It's really interesting, and I appreciate the question.
First of all, the companies in the private sector that are doing accessibility plans and progress reports have this expectation that an organization or a person is just going to consult for them for free. We are all very familiar with the requirement to pay for consulting services. It's not rocket science for companies to think that maybe they have to pay the people they're asking to review their accessibility plans.
It astonishes me, frankly, every single time, and I know it shouldn't; I should be used to it by now. This is a real cultural problem when we're expecting people with disabilities in organizations like mine, like Thea's and like Chris's to just give free advice on accessibility plans and their progress reports.
I think the solution to that problem is an amendment to the legislation or a regulation that requires those who are doing those plans and reports to pay for consulting services. My understanding is that the Canadian Human Rights Commission has developed a schedule of what those payments could be, and I think we could start to use that as a guideline and probably update it for 2025. It should be a requirement.
We all pay for consulting, and I'm not sure why this would be any different. It really is demoralizing to think, from a cultural perspective, that anyone would think that a person with a disability should not be compensated for their expertise, because that's what it is.