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Ontario Government's
New ODA Bill 125
News Releases/Updates on Bill 125

Oct. 6, 2002

ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 3, 2002 - ODA Committee Writes Chair of Government-Appointed
Accessibility Advisory Council to Offer Our Help and to Ask for Council's Plans for Consulting
Ontarians With Disabilities

ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 1, 2002 - ODA Continues Getting Media Coverage Over Summer
And Early Fall

Sept. 30, 2002

ODA Committee Press Release dd September 30, 2002
WILL TODAY'S NEW ONTARIO DISABILITIES LAW ACHIEVE A BARRIER-FREE ONTARIO
FOR 1.9 MILLION ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES?

Sept. 23, 2002

ODA Committee Update dd dd Sept. 21, 2002 - ODA Committee Launches Fall 2002 Round
Of Our Campaign For A Barrier-Free Ontario

 

July 24, 2002

ODA Committee Update dd July 16, 2002 - ODA COMMITTEE EXCHANGES LETTERS WITH
CITIZENSHIP MINISTER RE: GOVERNMENT'S SCHEDULE FOR PROCLAIMING ODA PROVISIONS

 

July 13, 2002

ODA Committee dd July 10, 2002 - Canadian Standards Association Establishes New Voluntary
Standards For Organizations Meeting Needs Of Customers With Disabilities

ODA Committee dd July 10, 2002 - Ontario Human Rights Commission Targets Inaccessible
Restaurants - A Good Move, But We Need Mandatory Regulations Under The ODA

July 12, 2002
ODA Committee dd July 7, 2002 - Ontario Human Rights Commission Launches Public Consultation On
Barriers To Education Facing Ontarians With Disabilities

July 6, 2002
ODA Committee dd July 6, 2002 - Citizenship Minister Announces Initial Steps For ODA Implementation

June 26, 2002
ODA Committee dd June 25, 2002 - Ontario'S "Studio 2" Programme To Air Item On Disability Barriers

June 24, 2002

ODA Issue Keeps Coming Up In The Ontario Legislature This Spring

ODA Committee Update dd June 21, 2002: Conservative Government Introduces Major
Amendments To Ontario Building Code, But None Address Disability Barriers

June 23, 2002
ODA Committee Update dd June 14, 2002: ODA Committee Send The Citizenship Minister
Our Proposed Ontario Government ODA One Year Workplan

June 5, 2002
ODA Committee Update dd June 4, 2002: Even More Media Coverage on the ODA

June 4, 2002
ODA Committee Update dated June 3, 2002 - ODA Issue Gets Ongoing Media Coverage
Throughout The Spring

May 24, 2002
ODA Committee Seeks Your Input
ODA Committee Update dd May 23, 2002 - ODA Committee seeks your input into
our proposed workplan we shall send the Ontario government for implementing the ODA

May 21, 2002
ODA Committee Update dd May 21, 2002: ODA Committee receives first letter from
new Citizenship Minister on May 21, 2002 dd May 9, 2002

May 18, 2002

ODA Committee Update: Call In To TV Program On Barriers To Accessible
Public Transit On Tuesday, May 14, 2002

ODA Committee Update dd May 13, 2002: Premier Eves' First Throne Speech Says
Nothing About Implementing New Ontarians With Disabilities Act 2001

ODA Committee Update dd May 11, 2002: Ontario Human Rights Commission Calls
On Provincial Government To Set Standards For Removing And Preventing Barriers
Facing People With Disabilities In Public Transit - ODA Committee Endorses These
Recommendations

Ontarians With Disabilities Act Committee Update dd May 2, 2002
Ontario Government Appoints 5 Members To The Ontario Disability Accessibility
Advisory Council May 2, 2002

April 17, 2002
Ontarians With Disabilities Act Committee Update April 17, 2002
the 20th Anniversary Of The Charter Of Rights

April 16, 2002
Conservative Government Appoints 5th Citizenship Minister -
ODA Committee Writes To Welcome Him dd April 16, 2002

April 13, 2002
ODA Committee Update Ontario Government Made 13 Important Commitments to
Ontarians With Disabilities Last Fall - Here They Are! dd April 9, 2002

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March 17, 2002
ODA Committee Update dd March 16, 2002 Transcripts Of All Last Fall's Public Hearings
On ODA Bill Available Online At ODA Committee Website

March 1, 2002

Ontario Government Consultation Paper On The Ontario Building Code's
Disability Access Provisions

ODA Committee Brief To Ontario Government On Reform To Disability Access Provisions
Of The Ontario Building Code dd February 27, 2002

ODA Committee Update dd February 26, 2002
Ontario Government Proclaims In Force Limited Parts Of The Ontarians With Disabilities Act 2001

February 5, 2002
ODA Committee Update dd January 31, 2002 - Media coverage on ODA
* Toronto Star Editorial dd Jan 21, 2001
* Op-Ed Column in the Oxford County Sentinel Review by Bette Jones dd Jan 28, 2002
* Letter to the Editor in the Kitchener- Waterloo Record by Cathy Vincent Linderoos dd Jan 24, 2002
* Letter to the Editor in the London Free Press by Mary Dancey Clarke dd Jan 13, 2002
* Letter to the Editor in the London Free Press by Shirley Van Hoof dd Jan 7, 2002
* Article in the University of Toronto Law Faculty newspaper "Ultra Vires" by Mindy Noble & Pauline Rosenbaum from January 2002
* Op-Ed Column in the Toronto Star by Barbara Turnbull dd Dec 20, 2001
* Translation of an article which appeared in Korean in the Korea Times, a Korean Canadian newspaper, on Nov 7, 2001.

February 2, 2002
Standing Committee On Finance Finishes Clause-By-Clause Review Of Bill 125
dd December 12, 2002

February 2, 2002
Explanation Of Amendments Which The Standing Committee Of Finance Made To Bill 125
dd December 13, 2001

February 2, 2002
Ontario Government Tables Package Of Proposed Amendments To Bill 125 With
Standing Committee On Finance And Economic Affairs dd December 11, 2001

February 2, 2002
NDP Tables Package Of Proposed Amendments To Bill 125 With Standing
Committee On Finance And Economic Affairs dd December 10, 2001

December 10, 2001
Liberal Party Tables Package Of Proposed Amendments To Strengthen Bill 125
With Standing Committee On Finance And Economic Affairs dd Dec. 10/01

December 8, 2001
ODA COMMITTEE UPDATE - Shadow Hearings - A Public Forum on Bill 125
held in London, Ontario

December 7, 2001
Presentation by the ODA Committee to the Standing Committee on Finance and
Economic Affairs - Hearings on Bill 125 Wednesday, December 5, 2001

December 3, 2001
ODA COMMITTEE UPDATE December 3, 2001 ODA COMMITTEE WILL MAKE
PRESENTATION ON BILL 125 TO LEGISLATURE'S STANDING COMMITTEE ON
DECEMBER 5, 2001 AT 4 PM

December 3, 2001
ODA Committee Press Release dd December 3, 2001
STANDING COMMITTEE URGED TO MAKE DISABILITY BILL STRONG AND EFFECTIVE

November 27, 2001
ODA Committee Update dd November 22, 2001
UPDATE ON DETAILS FOR BILL 125 HEARINGS

November 23, 2001
ODA Committee Update dd November 22, 2001
TOMORROW TORIES TO BREAK ANOTHER PROMISE TO ONTARIANS
WITH DISABILITIES

November 22, 2001
"Shadow Hearings" organized by London/Middlesex Chapter, MS Society of Canada &
Ontarians with Disabilities Act (ODA) Committee, London area

November 15, 2001
NDP News Release dd November 8, 2001

November 13, 2001
ODA Committee Update on Speeches and Questions On Bill 125 in
Legislature Last Week

November 7, 2001
Tories Try To Bring Bill 125 Forward for Second Reading Tomorrow
November 8, 2001 - Government Fails to Give Disability Community
Advance Notice To Attend