Madam Speaker, “accessibility” is the important word here.
I am very proud to be part of a government that is bringing in this groundbreaking legislation, and I am proud to be here knowing that all parties are in support of of this legislation. However, this is not the only positive step we have taken as a government.
I do not have a question, but I want to comment on some of the other achievements our government has made for persons with disabilities since we came into office.
We have a Minister of Accessibility. This is the first time the federal government has designated a minister responsible for accessibility, which is a major step forward. We have talked about the accessible Canada act tonight, and ahead of it receiving royal assent, we are proactively starting to recruit the Canadian accessibility standards development organization, CASDO, board, a CEO, as well as a chief accessibility officer. We have set aside $290 million in funding, which is committed over six years, to further the objectives of the legislation.
I wanted to highlight that. There are more things I could highlight, because it is important to make sure that people understand all the great things that are happening in the government.