Human Resources committee  As my colleague stated, we certainly support the calls from the other disability organizations that have appeared before the committee that of course there should be timelines attached to part 5 of the bill for bringing in the regulations and standards, for CASDO being set up, an

Human Resources committee  That's an excellent question. I don't think that we know right now what would happen in the absence of regulations and without sufficient experience in how the process would roll out within the various agencies. What I will say is that in doing our analysis of the bill and in co

Human Resources committee  We did. During the consultation process, we made comments and provided information around trying to think about this legislation as not only focused on accessibility but really focused on rights for persons with disabilities, in terms of thinking about persons with disabilities a

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. Certainly we would agree that independence is crucial for key components of this bill. It is crucial, especially for CASDO, to ensure that the proposed accessibility standards are as robust and progressive as they can possibly be, and really address t

Human Resources committee  We addressed this in our opening remarks, but I think our recommendation has been to have no exemptions. The policy reason for that is, as Mr. Lattanzio said, that accessibility is everyone's responsibility, and no one should be exempt from moving towards a more inclusive and acc

Human Resources committee  How do I address the issue about people with...?

Human Resources committee  We experience every day in our clinic that people with disabilities are very disempowered. There are many complaint processes because, as you said, the respondents or the organizations that are being complained about usually have a lot more resources, and they have lawyers and in

Human Resources committee  Yes. It's very—

Human Resources committee  It's very difficult to say, because we don't know what that process looks like right now, so I'm not really able to answer as to whether it's going to be more favourable to people or not. What will determine whether it's going to be more favourable is how accessible the process i

Human Resources committee  Is there a dispute...?

Human Resources committee  I think some of the issues that people with disabilities will complain about to the accessibility commissioner may also be able to be brought to the Canadian Human Rights Commission under their legislation, the Canadian Human Rights Act.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you. Good morning, members of the committee. I am a lawyer working at ARCH Disability Law Centre. ARCH is a specialty legal clinic that provides legal services to people with disabilities in Ontario. ARCH is a poverty law clinic, meaning that the majority of the legal serv

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you for the question. I can't say that I've had in-depth conversations with my clients about all of the steps that physicians are taking to inform them of services that might be available to alleviate their suffering, but I can tell you, from a broader perspective, the con

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you for the question. I did hear it. I think that without a doubt it does create a very difficult relationship between people with disabilities and their health care providers. In the work I do, what I've heard expressed by clients in my communities of people with disabi

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I do not have that data available for you. I can provide information based on the experiences and the legal practice that I do and that ARCH does, based also on the information that we are receiving from some of our partners, disability advocacy groups, from across the country.