Human Resources committee  I'm going to turn that over to my colleague Mr. Lapalme.

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm going to ask my colleague, Mr. Lapalme, to address the question.

Human Resources committee  I am pleased to respond to this question, because I think it speaks to quite a bit of work the public service has undertaken, also in consultation with the disability community across the country and internationally. I think it's important to give credit where credit is due in t

Human Resources committee  There are two types of exemptions that are contemplated within the legislation. The first is a statutory exemption around the reporting requirements that I just referenced a moment ago around the accessibility plans and the feedback mechanisms. Those exemptions are provided in th

Human Resources committee  The legislation empowers the new Canadian accessibility standards development organization to help set those priorities. It will be a departmental corporation. It will set those priorities both in consultation with the minister as well as persons with disabilities. As the Ministe

Human Resources committee  —the built environment, very important.

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm not sure I understand the question from the member.

Human Resources committee  I think it's important in two places in the legislation from an accountability and transparency perspective. The publication of the accessibility plans, and the feedback mechanisms and the progress reports are made public. Those publications are not to the Government of Canada. W

Human Resources committee  I think this is an important question. It's been a part of a learning process for all of us. I'm happy to provide an example for the committee. One of the biggest issues faced by a range of disabilities, especially in the built environment, is a concept called wayfinding. It's

Human Resources committee  The short answer is, yes. The legislation will be applied to parliamentary entities, including constituency offices for members of Parliament.

Human Resources committee  In terms of where that money would come from, I would defer that question to your relative boards of internal economy. However, it speaks to the flexibility that's provided in the legislation for exemptions. We do need to recognize that in some communities, especially small commu

Human Resources committee  I think this is an important question going forward for the public service. It's a very horizontal piece of legislation, and that whole-of-government governance issue will be important in terms of tracking the progress of the implementation. I think that at the first level, the

Human Resources committee  Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. The accessibility commissioner serves two roles. The first is proactive compliance or enforcement, and the second is dealing with complaints. From a proactive perspective, the accessibility commissioner has that power to go in and ensure that a regula

Human Resources committee  It's a RIAS, a regulatory impact assessment statement.

Human Resources committee  We can share that with the committee.