Human Resources committee  Thanks for that. Shauna, I'm wondering what your biggest fear is, living with an episodic disability like this. I see from your background that you're a radio announcer and that's a pretty demanding career, with a fair amount of stress and so forth. What's your life like?

Human Resources committee  It is a start, I would say, but it falls far below the bar. We could have done far better. I think we Conservatives fought very hard to try to get some real teeth, but this is really like a toothless guard dog. I believe that the Liberals are failing Canadians with disabilities.

Human Resources committee  This is an amendment to the preamble to change “Canadians” to “persons in Canada”. The change is necessary to help ensure that everyone in Canada, regardless of their citizenship, status or identification with Canada, gets benefits from accessibility requirements under the act.

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, we Conservatives agree, for instance, that if no regulations are made under paragraph 117(1)(c) within 12 months after the day on which this clause comes into force, the minister must cause a report to be tabled before each House of Parliament, on any of the first 10 d

Human Resources committee  We'd like a recorded vote. (Amendment negatived: nays 4; yeas 3) (Clause 117 as amended agreed to) (On clause 118)

Human Resources committee  With this proposal from the Conservatives, Parliament would see every regulation to be made under paragraph 117(1)(c) providing more oversight. We suggest amending clause 117 by adding, after line 28 on page 61, the following: (5) The Minister must table in each House of Parlia

Human Resources committee  When I hear “in person” that means a person with disabilities has to appear in person, so I think “or by video conference” should be spelled out. That's very specific.

Human Resources committee  We'd like a recorded vote on this as well. (Amendment negatived: nays 5; yeas 3)

Human Resources committee  We Conservatives believe that clause 95 must be amended to make it clear that the one-year limitation period to file an accessibility complaint begins from the time the complainant became aware of the act or omission that caused them to suffer a loss. This change will ensure th

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, again, it's very similar. We Conservatives believe that in order to give this bill some teeth, the word “may” should be changed to “must” in clause 95. This change would ensure that the accessibility commissioner does investigate all complaints that fall within its pur

Human Resources committee  We have all heard the expression, “words matter”. These words very much matter. “May” should be changed to “must” so we can have some teeth in this bill.

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, this is all about strengthening CRTC accessibility plans. We propose that clause 69 be amended by adding after line 29 on page 36 the following: (1.1) The accessibility plan must include a statement on how it will contribute to the realization of a Canada without bar

Human Resources committee  We'd like clause 65 to be amended by adding after line 25 on page 33 the following: (1.1) The accessibility plan must include a statement on how it will contribute to the realization of a Canada without barriers. Basically, the rationale is that part 4 should include an addit

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, we feel that clause 60 should be amended by adding after line 31 on page 29 the following: The accessibility plan must include a statement on how it will contribute to the realization of a Canada without barriers.

Human Resources committee  We feel that clause 56 should be amended by adding, after line 21 on page 26, the following: (1.1) The accessibility plan must include a statement on how it will contribute to the realization of a Canada without barriers.