We all want to know how we can get the federal, provincial and territorial governments to work better. I really appreciate what you brought up.
The issue of transportation is so important for women with disabilities across the country. I'm so glad you brought it up. I know of many situations, especially relating to women with disabilities accessing health care, education and employment, and their ability to access those things simply based on the transportation question.
Of course, the Accessible Canada Act does not extend to all forms of transportation. I do think, under the Accessible Canada Act, that we have the beginnings of what we hopefully can see move to provincial and territorial regulations around the changes that need to come into force for full equity in terms of transportation.
I think of your example from your friend and what she experienced. I know of an issue in Montreal that I can give you as an example. Somebody who works for my staff is visually impaired and needs to leave in the wintertime by three o'clock. She's visually impaired, and leaving after three o'clock in the winter puts her at risk. She applied for adapted transportation in Montreal, which, again, is a privilege. Some cities have adapted transportation and some don't. Because her disability was only affecting her part time and in their view it wasn't disabling enough, they refused to provide her with adapted transportation.
In this case, DAWN Canada was able to accommodate her by allowing her to work from home. You can imagine, in many situations, this would quite simply cost her the job. The employment just wouldn't be there because she wouldn't have access to transportation.
I just want to say that I really appreciate the example of transportation. It has a multitude of effects on the ability of women with disabilities to access employment and all the other things that other women take for granted.