1.5 MILLION ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES
ARE COUNTING ON YOU
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Do
you think children with disabilities should be able to play in parks with
their friends and have access to a good education?
Do
you think people with disabilities should have the same access to health
care and post-secondary education as everyone else?
Do
you think people with disabilities who are qualified should have the same
chance to work as all other Ontarians?
Like
other Ontarians, the 1.5 million people with disabilities in Ontario want
to go to school, get jobs, go out with friends and participate in every
aspect of life. Right now they face many unnecessary barriers that prevent
them from fully participating.
Do
you have a disability? If not, chances are someone close to you does.
Chances are you will acquire a disability in your lifetime. If barriers
are prevented and removed today, it will help you tomorrow.
WHAT
CAN BE DONE TO MAKE ONTARIO BARRIER-FREE?
Ontario
needs a strong new law to tear down barriers that keep people with disabilities
from participating in every aspect of life. A Strong Ontarians with Disabilities
Act would do that. Ontarians with disabilities are not asking for job
quotas, just removal of barriers.
Ask
your candidates whether they support a strong law. Tell them it's important
to you when you decide who to vote for.
WHERE
DO THE PARTIES STAND?
PCs:
Mike Harris promised in writing before the last election that he
would pass the Ontarians with Disabilities Act in his first term in office.
He never passed that law. HE BROKE THAT
PROMISE. Nothing in his new platform would remove or prevent barriers
for people with disabilities.
Liberals:
After pressing the Harris Government for four years to keep their
1995 election promise, Dalton McGuinty promised this year in writing that
a Liberal Government would pass a strong Ontarians with Disabilities Act
within the first three years in office.
NDP:
After pressing the Harris Government for four years to keep their
1995 election promise, Howard Hampton promised in writing this year that
an NDP Government would pass a strong Ontarians with Disabilities Act
within the first two years in office.
DO
YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN FOR A BARRIER-FREE ONTARIO?
The
Ontarians with Disabilities Act Committee is a non-partisan coalition
that believes Ontario will benefit when barriers are removed and prevented.
Your
help is welcomed. Please leave a voice mail message at (416) 480-7012,
or use TTY to contact Susan Main at (416) 964-0023 ex. 343
YOUR
VOTE CAN HELP MAKE ONTARIO BARRIER-FREE FOR 1.5 MILLION ONTARIANS WITH
DISABILITIES.
ASK
AT THE ABOVE NUMBERS IF YOU NEED THIS IN AN ALTERNATIVE FORMAT or email
us using this LINK.
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