I agree with you a hundred per cent that attitudes come from the top of government.
Here's a fun fact. My dog's name is Carla. She was named after Minister Qualtrough because of the work she did on the Accessible Canada Act.
I used to sit on the Elections Canada accessibility committee. Right now in this country, despite the fact that legislation says we have a right, as Canadians, to vote independently and in secret, it works for everybody except people who are blind. Despite the fact that we have Braille templates and so on, I am still, in this world, not able to go in, check my ballot and be assured, independently, that I've checked the right box and not spoiled my ballot. There always has to be somebody there to help me. I never have the right to vote in secret.
What needs to change at the ballot box is this: We need to come up with a way for people who are blind, partially sighted or otherwise disabled to access the same right every other Canadian supposedly has to go in and do this in secret.