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• ODA Committee Updates posted March 22, 2005

  ODA Committee Update dd March 21, 2005 - Liberal Government Tables Package of Proposed Amendments to Bill 118
  
  

• ODA Committee Updates posted March 19, 2005

  ODA Committee Update dd March 19, 2005 - New Democratic Party Tables Package of Proposed Amendments to Bill 118
  
  ODA Committee Update dd March 19, 2005 - Conservative Party Tables Proposed Amendments to Bill 118
  
  

• ODA Committee Updates posted March 16, 2005
  

  ODA Committee Update dd March 11, 2005 - More Details On Upcoming Clause-By-Clause Debate On Bill 118 By Standing Committee On Social Policy
  
  

• ODA Committee Updates posted March 10, 2005

  ODA Committee Update dd March 5, 2005 - Legislature Sets Schedule For Clause-By-Clause Consideration Of Bill 118

  Download the 15 minute audio clip of the ODA Committee's Feb 1, 2005 presentation to the Standing Committee on Social Policy concerning Bill 118
  (mp3 file, 2.8 mb)
  
  

• ODA Committee Updates posted March 9, 2005
  

  ODA Committee Update dd February 10, 2005 - Launching the Next Quick Round of Our Campaign for a Barrier-Free Ontario - Rapid Grassroots Blitz to Email the 3 Parties to Support ODA Committee's Proposed Amendments to Bill 118

  ODA Committee Update dd February 6, 2005 - Text of ODA Committee's February 1, 2005 Oral Presentation Concerning Bill 118 to the Legislature's Standing Committee On Social Policy - And Other News
  
  

• ODA Committee Updates posted March 7, 2005

  ODA Committee Press Release dd January 30, 2005 - Legislature's Standing Committee To Kick Off Historic Public Hearings On New Bill To Make Province Fully Accessible For Ontarians With Disabilities

  ODA Committee Update dd Jan. 30, 2005 - ODA Committee Issues News Release On Public Hearings Re Bill 118 - Please Circulate This News Release To Your Local Media

  ODA Committee Update dd Jan. 27, 2005 - Bits And Pieces Of News About Upcoming Public Hearings On Bill 118
  
  

• ODA Committee Updates posted March 6, 2005

  ODA Committee Update dd January 26, 2005 - Brief To The Ontario Legislature's Standing Committee On Social Policy On Bill 118, The Proposed Accessibility For Ontarians With Disabilities Act

  Download Final ODA Committee Brief on Bill 118 (Word doc, size 553 kb)
  
  Download the Table of Contents of the Final ODA Committee Brief on Bill 118 (Word doc, size 37 kb)
  
  

• ODA Committee Updates posted March 5, 2005
  
  

  ODA Committee Update dd January 26, 2005 - ODA Committee Submits Its Final Brief On Bill 118 To The Legislature's Standing Committee On Social Policy

  ODA Committee Update dd January 26, 2005 - Helpful Tips For Preparing Your Written And/or Oral Presentation On Bill 118 To The Legislature's Standing Committee On Social Policy
  
  

• ODA Committee Updates posted March 4, 2005

  ODA Committee Update dd January 21, 2005 - Some Reminders And Update On Dates, Times And Locations On Public Hearings On Bill 118

  ODA Committee Update dd January 10, 2005 - Announcing York Region Public Forum On Bill 118 And On How To Take Part In Public Hearings On It - Saturday January 22, 2005

  ODA Committee Update dd January 8, 2005 - Media Coverage Of Upcoming Public Hearings On Bill 118 - And Other Good News
  
  

• ODA Committee Updates posted March 3, 2005

  ODA Committee Update dd January 6, 2005 - ODA Committee Releases Draft Brief Proposing Amendments To Bill 118 - Send the ODA Committee Your Feedback!
  
  ODA Committee Update dd January 5, 2005 - Standing Committee On Social Policy Firms Up Exact Dates For Public Hearings On Bill 118 - Be Sure To Send In Your Request To Appear At Hearings By January 12

  ODA Committee Update dd December 18, 2004 - Legislature's Standing Committee Decides On Dates And Cities For Public Hearings On Bill 118
  
  

• ODA Committee Updates posted March 2, 2005

  Ontario Legislature hansard excerpt dd December 3, 2004 - Bill 118 Unanimously Passess Second Reading In Ontario Legislature On Eve Of International Day Of Persons With Disabilities

  ODA Committee Press Release dd Dec. 1, 2004 - New Disability Accessibility Law To Reach Historic Second Reading Vote On Eve Of International Day Of Persons With Disabilities

  ODA Committee Update dd Dec. 1, 2004 - ODA Committee Circulates News Release On Eve Of Second Reading Vote On Bill 118
  
  

• ODA Committee Updates posted November 29, 2004:
  

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 29, 2004 - Today is 10th Anniversary of the Birth of the Organized ODA Movement

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 27, 2004 - Text Of Third Day Of Second Reading Debate On Bill 118 Now Available

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 26, 2004 - Formal Vote on Bill 118 on Second Reading Scheduled for Thursday, December 2, 2004
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 25, 2004 - ODA Committee Releases Fact Check on Second Reading Debates on Bill 118 - the First Two Days
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 24, 2004 - Text of Second Day of Second Reading Debate on Bill 118 Now Available
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 23, 2004 - American Sign Language, Captioning, and Additional Accessible Room Confirmed for Thursday, November 25, 2004, Third Day of Second Reading Debate on Bill 118

  
  

• ODA Committee Updates posted November 28, 2004:
  

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 23, 2004 - American Sign Language Interpretation, Captioning, and an Accessible Meeting Room Arranged at Queen's Park for Watching Tonight's Second Day of Second Reading Debate on Bill 118

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 21, 2004 - You Can Now Watch and Listen On Line to the ODA Committee London Region's September 11 Michael Lewis Memorial "Still Waiting" Symposium on New Disability Accessibility Legislation

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 20, 2004 - Text of The First Day of Second Reading Debates on Bill 118

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 18, 2004 - Additional Two Dates For Second Reading Debate On Bill 118 Have Been Set

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 17, 2004 - CBC Radio 1 In Thunder Bay to Air Interview on ODA Committee's Upcoming Tenth Anniversary on Thursday Morning, November 18, 2004

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 17, 2004 - Tenth Anniversary of the Birth of the ODA Movement Quickly Approaches - But How Did this Grassroots Movement Actually Get Started?
  

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 16, 2004 - ODA Committee Issues News Release Announcing Thursday's Kick-off of Bill 118 Second Reading Debate

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 15, 2004 - Draft Real Time Captioning Notes Now Available from the ODA Committee London Region's September 11, 2004 Michael Lewis Memorial "Still Waiting" Symposium on Disability Accessibility Legislation
  

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 13, 2004 - Media Coverage Of Upcoming Second Reading Debate On Bill 118

  Nov. 7, 2004: Captioning notes from the September 11, 2004 ODA Committee London Region's Michael Lewis memorial Symposium on Disability Accessibility Legislation (WORD doc. deleted - check back soon for updated version with text!)
  
  
  

• ODA Committee Updates posted November 22, 2004:

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 6, 2004 - New Disability Accessibility Bill Comes Up In Ontario Legislature Before Formal Second Reading Debate Begins

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 5, 2004 - Ontario Government Makes Arrangements for an Accessible Room, A.S.L. and Captioning for First Day of Second Reading Debate on Bill 118
  

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 2, 2004 - First Day Of Ontario Legislature's Second Reading Debates On Bill 118, The Proposed Accessibility For Ontarians With Disabilities Act, Scheduled For Thursday, November 18, 2004 - Come To The Legislature For It And Bring Family And Friends!

  ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 25, 2004 - ODA Committee Writes Three Parties About The Procedure And Timetable For The Legislature's Debates On Bill 118 The Proposed Accessibility For Ontarians With Disabilities Act

  ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 21, 2004 - Still More Media Coverage Of Bill 118

  ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 18, 2004 - ODA Committee Writes Leaders Of The Conservative And New Democratic Parties Asking For Them To Support Bill 118, The Proposed New Disability Accessibility Bill
  

  ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 17, 2004 - Proceedings In The Ontario Legislature On Bill 118 The Day After It Was Introduced For First Reading

  
  
  
• ODA Committee Updates August, September & October 2004:
  

  ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 15, 2004 - More Media Coverage of the Introduction of Bill 118, the Proposed New Disability Accessibility Law

  ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 13, 2004 - Text Of Bill 118 The Proposed New Disability Accessibility Act Is Made Public
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 14, 2004 - First Proceedings In The Ontario Legislature On Bill 118 The Proposed New Disability Law
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 13, 2004 - New Disability Bill Gets Immediate Media Attention
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 12, 2004 - Major Stride Forward In Our Decade-Long Campaign - Ontario's Liberal Government Today Introduced A New Bill Into The Ontario Legislature For First Reading To Achieve A Barrier-Free Province
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 29, 2004 - ODA Committee Releases New Four-Page Chronology Of The Ten Year History Of The ODA Movement
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 22, 2004 - New Media Coverage Of Recent ODA Committee London Region's Conference
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 21, 2004 - ODA Committee Provides Introductory Guide On The Process That An ODA Bill Goes Through At The Ontario Legislature
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 14, 2004 - Ontario Citizenship Minister Re-Affirms Commitment To Introduce New ODA Bill This Fall
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 9, 2004 - Great Media Coverage In Advance Of This Weekend's Ground-Breaking London Conference On The ODA

  ODA Committee Update dd Aug. 31, 2004 - Still Time To Register For London, September 11, 2004 Conference On What The New, Strengthened ODA Should Include
  
  
  

• ODA Committee Updates May & June 2004:
  
  June 30, 2004:
  ODA Committee's London Region Announces Major Sept. 11, 2004 Policy Conference On What A Strengthened Oda Should Include - Circulate Widely And Plan To Come!
  
  June 28, 2004:
  New ODA Discussion Paper: Putting Teeth Into The Ontarians With Disabilities Act: A Discussion Paper On Options For Creating An Effective Compliance / Enforcement Process For The ODA
  
  May 13, 2004:
  Citizenship Minister Releases Summary Of Important ODA Round-Table Discussion On Extending ODA To The Private Sector
  
  May 11, 2004:
  Ontario Government Makes Public The Feedback Received During Its ODA Consultation Public Forums
  
  May 10, 2004:
  Several Noteworthy Pieces Of Information On The ODA Front
  
  

• ODA Committee Update dd March 11, 2004 -- Ontario Government Makes Public Its First Set Of Accessibility Plans Under The Ontarians With Disabilities Act, 2001

• ODA Committee Update dd March 9, 2004 -- Ontario Government's Toronto Oda Public Consultation Forum March 23 - Preparation Meeting March 10 2004

• ODA Committee Update dd February 18, 2004 -- Ontario Government Continues With Its ODA Public Consultations

• ODA Committee Update dd January 29, 2004 -- Ontario Government Announces Its Process For Public Consultations On Strengthening The Ontarians With Disabilities Act

• ODA Committee Update dd January 6, 2004 -- Discussion Paper On Options For Initial Short-Term Low-Cost Actions To Begin Strengthening Of The Ontarians With Disabilities Act 2001

• ODA Committee Update dd January 6, 2004 - ODA Committee Releases New Discussion Paper On Options For Initial Steps For Immediate Action To Strengthen ODA 2001
  
  

• December 6, 2003
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Dec. 5, 2003: ODA Committee Email Goes On Holiday - Hope Your Computers Enjoy The Break!
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Dec. 5, 2003: ODA Issue Gets Attention In New Session Of The Legislature
  
  
• December 4, 2003
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Dec. 3, 2003: Liberal Government Announces New Public Consultation on Strengthening the ODA to Begin Early in the New Year
  
  
  
• November 29, 2003
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 29, 2003: Today Is ODA Committee's Ninth Birthday
  
  
  
• November 27, 2003
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 27, 2003: Let Elections Ontario Know About Any Barriers You Faced During The 2003 Provincial Election
  
  
  
• November 26, 2003
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 26, 2003: ODA Committee Receives Its First Letter From The New Citizenship Minister
  
  
  
• November 16 - 20, 2003

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 20, 2003: First Liberal Throne Speech Commits Ontario Government To Taking First Steps To Keep Mcguinty's Election Promises On The ODA

  ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 16, 2003: Committee Loses To Cancer A Hero In The Campaign For A Barrier-Free Ontario
  
  

• November 3 - 5, 2003
  

ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 4, 2003: ODA Committee Writes New Liberal Government's Citizenship Minister

ODA Committee Update dd Nov. 3, 2003: New High School Text Includes Segment On ODA - Encourage Your Local High Schools To Use It

• October 29 - 30, 2003
  

ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 29, 2003: ODA Committee Seeks Your Input On Action Ideas For Next Phase In Our Campaign For A Barrier-Free Ontario

ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 28, 2003: Tomorrow Is Major Anniversary On The Road To A Strong Effective ODA

ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 27, 2003: ODA Committee Writes To Elections Ontario Offering To Help With Post-Election Assessment Of Barriers In The Election Process

ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 9, 2003: Premier-Designate Mcguinty Speaks By Phone With ODA Committee Chair - Another Signal That An Optimistic New Chapter Has Opened In Our Campaign For A Barrier-Free Ontario

ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 3, 2003: ODA Committee Writes Premier-Designate McGuinty To Congratulate Him On

ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 2, 2003: An Important New Chapter Begins On The Road To A Barrier-Free Ontario - Ontario Elects A New Government Which Has Promised A Strong, Effective And Enforceable Ontarians With Disabilities Act Within One Year

ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 1, 2003: Final Barrage of ODA Media Coverage Right Before Tomorrow's Election

ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 1, 2003: Vital That You Vote Tomorrow, October 2 - Don't Let The Media Lull You Into Thinking The Election Outcome Is Already Decided

ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 30, 2003: Conservative Government Openly Refuses To Make Public Its Ministries' Accessibility Plans On This, Its Self-Imposed September 30, 2003 Deadline - ODA Committee Issues News Release Highlighting Government's Disregard Of Its Own Legislation

ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 30, 2003: ODA Committee Asks Citizenship Minister To Provide All Ministry Accessibility Plans, Which ODA 2001 Requires the Ontario Government To Make Public Today

• September 19 - 30, 2003
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 28, 2003: Media Coverage Of Election Disability Issues Continues
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 25, 2003: ODA Gets Yet More Media Coverage As Election Campaign Enters Final Stretch
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 23, 2003: More All-Candidates' Debates In The Greater Toronto Area
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 23, 2003: Toronto Star Publishes Column On Election Disabilities Issues - ODA and ODSP Coalitions Team Up To Get Their Issues To Voters
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 22, 2003: Elections Ontario Announces New Hotline For Voters With Disabilities Who Encounter Barriers In The Voting Process - ODA Committee Scores A Victory In Our Campaign For A Barrier-Free Election
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 18, 2003 - Download And Listen To ODA Committee's 2.5 Hour Presentation At The September 11, 2003 Sault Ste. Marie Conference On Implementing The ODA
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 18, 2003 - List of All-Candidates' Debates in Greater Toronto Area (416 and some 905 Ridings): Please Attend These And Raise Disability Issues Including The Need To Strengthen The Tories' Weak Unenforceable ODA
  
  
  
• September 18, 2003
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 16, 2003 - ODA Issue Gets More Media Coverage During Election Campaign
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 15, 2003 - Announcing Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003 All-Candidates Debate On Disability Issues Including The ODA For Niagara / St. Catharines Ridings
  
  ODA Committee chair, David Lepofsky's Speech on Sept. 11, 2003 at the Conference on Implementing the ODA 2001 hosted by the Sault Ste. Marie Accessibility Advisory Committee and the City of Sault Ste. Marie
  Download the audio file Right click to "Save target as" (mp3 format size 73 mb)
  
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• September 10, 2003
  
  ODA Committee Update dd September 10, 2003 - Download Our New ODA Election Mini-Poster And Put It Up In Public For Voters To See
  
  
  
• September 8, 2003
  
  ODA Committee Update dd September 8, 2003 - Toronto Star Identifies Several Key Election Issues For Ontarians With Disabilities
  
  
  
• September 5, 2003
  
  ODA Committee Update dd September 5, 2003 - Announcing Upcoming Major Disability Election Issues Forum In Hotly-Contested London Region On Saturday, September 20, 2003
  
  ODA Committee Update dd September 4, 2003 - Conservative Citizenship Minister Slams Sault Ste. Marie Grassroots Disability ODA Conference Organizers
  
  
  
• August 30, 2003
  
  ODA Committee Update dd August 29, 2003 - ODA Committee Again Seeks Volunteers To Help During Upcoming Ontario Election
  
  
  
• August 29, 2003
  
  ODA Committee Update dd August 28, 2003 - Another Heaping Helping of ODA Media Coverage
  
  ODA Committee Update dd August 27, 2003 - ODA Committee Presses Ahead With Its Call For A Barrier-Free Provincial Election
  
  ODA Committee Update dd August 27, 2003 - Agenda Set for September 10-11, 2003 Sault Ste. Marie Conference on the ODA
  
  ODA Committee Update dd August 25, 2003 - Kitchener to Host Conference on Implementing the ODA and Achieving Accessibility
  
  
  
• August 28, 2003
  
  ODA Committee Update dd August 21, 2003 - ODA Committee's "Letters To The Editor Blitz" Scores More Media Coverage of the ODA Issue
  
  ODA Committee Update dd August 11, 2003 - Toronto Star Reports on Upcoming Sault Ste. Marie Conference on ODA Implementation
  
  ODA Committee Update dd July 29, 2003 - City Of Sault Ste. Marie to Host Major Open Conference on Implementing the ODA 2001 September 10 and 11, 2003
  
  
  
• July 23, 2003
  
  ODA Committee Update dd July 23, 2003 - Huge Collection Of Great Media Coverage On ODA Over The Past 10 Months Showing How Oda Supporters Effectively Use The Media To Get Their Message To The Public
  
  ODA Committee Update dd July 16, 2003 - Toronto Sun Joins In New Barrage Of Media Coverage On The ODA - Why Not Send The Sun A Letter To The Editor?
  
  ODA Committee Update dd July 14, 2003 - More Major Coverage of ODA Isse in Toronto Star
  
  ODA Committee Update dd July 11, 2003 - Toronto Star Publishes More Letters to the Editor on ODA
  
  
  
• July 9, 2003
  ODA Committee Update dd July 9, 2003 - More Media Coverage On Barriers To Restaurants Facing People With Disabilities
  
  
  
• July 8, 2003
  ODA Committee Update dd July 7, 2003 - Human Rights Commission Focuses on Inaccessibility of Chain Restaurants - Media Coverage Shows Need for ODA to be Strengthened so People with Disabilities Not Forced to Fight these Barriers One at a Time
  
  ODA Committee Update dd July 2, 2003 - City of Kingston and Queens University to Host Open Forum on Barriers to Help with their Accessibility Plans
  
  
  
• June 30, 2003
  ODA Committee Update dd June 22, 2003 - Conservative Party's 2003 Election Platform Makes No Commitment To Strengthen The Ontarians With Disabilities Act
  
  

• June 18, 2003
  ODA Committee Update dd June 9, 2003 - Chair of Government-Appointed Accessibility Advisory Council Writes to ODA Committee
  
  

• June 7, 2003
  ODA Committee Update dd June 5, 2003 - Citizenship Minister Defaria Responds To ODA Committee's April 3, 2003 Letter
  
  

• May 27 , 2003
  ODA Committee Update dd May 27, 2003 - Toronto Star Column on the ODA Issue in the Upcoming Ontario Election
  
  

• May 24 , 2003
  ODA Committee Update dd May 24, 2003 - Another Important Anniversary on the Road to a Strong, Effective ODA as we await an Ontario Election Call

  
  
• April 30, 2002
  ODA Committee Update dd April 30, 2003 - Eves Government Throne Speech Makes No Commitment to Strengthen the Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2001
  
  ODA Committee Update dd April 29, 2003 - Last Day Of Our Throne Speech Campaign - Last Chance To Email Premier Eves To Make A Commitment In Tomorrow's Throne Speech To Strengthen The ODA
  
  
  

• April 22, 2003
  ODA Committee Update dd April 22, 2003 - Only Eight More Days For You To Email Premier Eves To Commit In Throne Speech To Strengthen The ODA
  
  ODA Committee Update dd April 17, 2003 - Citizenship Minister Sends Short Letter to ODA Committee
  
  

• April 15, 2003
  ODA Committee Update dd April 11, 2003 - ODA Committee Representatives Meet With Citizenship Minister Defaria And Summarize The Meeting In A Follow-Up Letter To The Minister
  
  ODA Committee Update dd March 27, 2003 - ODA Committee Kicks Off Its Campaign For A Barrier-Free Provincial Election
  
  

• April 13, 2003
  ODA Committee Update dd Apr. 8, 2003: Ontario Liberal Party Unveils 2003 Election Pledge to Enact Strong Effective ODA
  
  

• March 29, 2003
  ODA Committee Update dd Mar 28, 2003:
  ODA Commitee Calls On Three Party Leaders To Ensure a Barrier-Free Election Campaign
  
  

• March 26, 2003
  ODA Committee Update dd Mar 25, 2003:
  ODA Committee Seeks Volunteers To Help During Upcoming Ontario Election
  
  

• March 21, 2003
  ODA Committee Update dd Mar 20, 2003:
  ODA Committee Seeks Your Input On Barriers In The Election Process Facing Voters With Disabilities
  
  

• March 1, 2003
  ODA Committee Update dd Mar 1, 2003
  ODA Committee Issues News Release on NDP Election Pledge to Pass a New, Strong ODA Within One Year
  
  NDP's 2003 election campaign pledge on the ODA
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Feb 27, 2003:
  ODA Committee Kicks off Another Budy Season of ODA Activity!
  
  

• January 16, 2003
  ODA Committee Update dd Jan. 16, 2003
  Announcing Public "Barrier Busters Forum" on the ODA on Mon. January 20, 2003 at 5:00 pm
  
  

• January 10, 2003
  ODA Committee Update dd Jan. 10, 2003
  Announcing Ottawa Public Forum on the ODA on Wed. January 15, 2003 at 5:30 pm
  
  
  
• December 29, 2002
  ODA Committee Update dd Dec. 19, 2002 -
  ODA Committee wishes All a Barrier-Free New Year
  
  
  
• December 28, 2002
  ODA Committee Update dd Dec. 16, 2002 -
  ODA Committee's Brief to Government's Consultation on Barrier-Free Standards for Ontario Government Buildings
  
  
  
• December 24, 2002
  ODA Committee Update dd Dec. 15, 2002 -
  Final Exchanges on ODA in Ontario Legislature's Fall Sittings
  
  
  
• December 14, 2002
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Dec. 13, 2002 -
  TORONTO STAR PUBLISHES ODA COMMITTEE COLUMN ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE GOVERNMENT PASSING THE ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 2001
  
  
  
• December 13, 2002
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Dec. 4, 2002 -
  ANOTHER POWERFUL BARRAGE OF ODA MEDIA COVERAGE
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Dec. 3, 2002:
  ONTARIO GOVERNMENT EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON GUIDELINES FOR ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR ONTARIO GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS TO DECEMBER 15, 2002
  
  ODA Committee Update dd November 30, 2002 -
  EXTENSIVE COVERAGE ON DECEMBER 3 ON ODA ON "VOICEPRINT" THE CABLE CHANNEL WHICH READS NEWSPAPERS ALOUD FOR VISION IMPAIRED AND PRINT HANDICAPPED CANADIANS
  
  
  
  
• December 12, 2002
  

  ODA Committee Update dd November 27, 2002:
  HAPPY EIGHTH BIRTHDAY, ODA COMMITTEE!

  ODA Committee Update dd November 27, 2002:
  ODA COMMITTEE WRITES TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT-APPOINTED PROVINCIAL ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COUNCIL
  
  ODA Committee Update and Announcement dd November 24, 2002:
  ODA COMMITTEE UNVEILS NEW "MUNICIPAL BARRIER-BUSTERS ACTION KIT" AS MAJOR TOOL IN OUR CAMPAIGN
  FOR BARRIER-FREE ONTARIO
  
  ODA COMMITTEE ACTION KIT - November 23, 2002
  "MUNICIPAL BARRIER-BUSTERS ACTION KIT"
  
  
  
  

• November 18 - 19, 2002
  
  

  ODA Committee Update and Announcement dd November 19, 2002:
  Public Forum on How to Use the ODA 2001 to be held in London, Saturday, November 23, 2002

  ODA Committee Update dd November 18, 2002 -
  ONTARIO GOVERNMENT APPOINTS REST OF ITS PROVINCIAL ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COUNCIL

  
  
  
  
• November 11, 2002
  
  ODA Committee Update dd November 8, 2002 -
  ODA and Related Disability Issues again arise in the Ontario Legislature over past week
  
  ODA Committee Update dd November 7, 2002 -
  Ontario Human Rights Commission Extends Deadline for You to Make Written Submission on Barriers to Education Facing Ontarians with Disabilities
  
  
  
  
• November 10, 2002
  
  ODA Committee Update dd November 5, 2002 -
  ODA Committee Seeks Your Idead on Action Strategies
  
  
  

• November 9, 2002
  
  ODA Committee Action Tip dd Oct 29, 2002:
  Give the Ontario Government Your input on Guidelines for Accessible Government Buildings
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 29, 2002
  An Important Anniversary on the Road to a Barrier-Free Ontario
  
  
  
  
• November 8, 2002
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 25, 2002 - ODA Issues Raised in the Ontario Legislature
  in past three weeks
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 17, 2002 -- ODA Committee submits Brief to Ontario Human
  Rights Commission on Barriers to Education facing People with Disabilities
  
  ODA Committee Update dd Oct. 15, 2002 - ODA Committee asked to provide input to
  government consultant on how to evaluate the effectiveness of the ODA 2001
  
  
  
  
• October 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
  
  
  

• October 1, 2002
  ODA Committee Update dd Sept. 30, 2002 - How the ODA Committee will be Streamlining its Email
  Updates to Serve You Better
  
  
  
• 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
  
  
  
• 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 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 13, 2001
  Conservative Government Appoints 5th Citizenship Minister -
  ODA Committee Writes To Welcome Him dd April 16, 2002
  
  
  
• November 5, 2001
  ODA Update 2 dd November 4, 2001
  MEDIA COVERAGE ON ODA ON THE EVE OF THE BILL'S INTRODUCTION
  Toronto Sun Column dd Nov. 4/01
  Toronto Sun Editorial dd Nov. 4/01
  Toronto Star Article dd Oct. 31/01
  
  
  ODA Update 1 dd November 4, 2001
  'Twas the Night Before ODA
  
  
  
  
  
• October 31, 2001
  Update dated October 31, 2001
  
  
• October 10, 2001
  (Apologies for delay in uploading these ODA Committee updates)
  
  Update dated October 10, 2001
  
  Update dated September 30, 2001
  
  Update dated September 25, 2001
  
  Update dated September 23, 2001
  
  Update dated September 19, 2001
  
  Update dated September 14, 2001
  
  Update dated September 12, 2001
  
  Update dated June 29, 2001 Part 2
  
  Update dated June 29, 2001 Part 1
  
  Update dated June 24, 2001
  
  Update dated May 29, 2001
  
  Update dated May 14, 2001
  
  Update dated May 3, 2001
  
  
  
• September 2, 2001
  ODA Committee Update dated August 30, 2001
  ODA Gets More Media Coverage
  
  
• August 21, 2001
  ODA Committee Calls on Ontario Government to Ensure a Barrier- Free
  Legislative Process when Legislature considers the ODA this Fall
  
  
• June 23, 2001
  ODA Committee Update dated June 23, 2001 about the Ontario Ministry of
  Citizenship Business Plan 2001-2002
  
  
• June 22, 2001
  ODA Committee Update dated June 22, 2001 with
  Part 1: WHAT NEW CITIZENSHIP MINISTER CAM JACKSON IS SAYING ABOUT THE ODA
  Part 2: Recent ODA Media Coverage
  
  
• June 21, 2001
  The ODA Committee's Blueprint For The Ontarians With Disabilities Act
  
  
• June 18, 2001
  Update includes copy of letter from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)
  to Citizenship Minister Cam Jackson and our letter to the President of the AMO
  
  
• June 14, 2001
  Brockville Leeds Region of the ODA Committee established on June 13, 2001
  The new Regional Contacts for this 23rd region of the ODA Committee are:
  Frank Algar and Doug Mather
  
  June 13, 2001
  Update includes announcement about the Thursday, June 21
  All-Candidates' Debate during the Vaughan King Aurora by-election
  
  June 11, 2001
  Update includes a variety of media articles pertaining to the ODA
  Toronto Star, Sault Star, London Free Press,
  
  June 8, 2001
  List of the major parties' candidates in the June 28, 2001
  provincial by-election in Vaughan King Aurora
  
  May 28, 2001
  As National Access Awareness Week kicks off, Liberal Disability Critic
  Ernie Parsons made a statement in the Ontario Legislature today
  about the six year delay in getting the Ontarians with Disabilities Act
  enacted and proposes New Resolution on ODA in Ontario Legislature.
  
  
  (many more pages to follow as time permits)
  
  
  
  
• May 24, 2001
  TODAY MARKS THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF PREMIER HARRIS'S
  UNKEPT PROMISE TO ENACT THE ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
  
  
• May 23, 2001
  Announcing Media Conference In Ottawa On The
  Ontarians With Disabilities Act
  Friday June 1, 2001, 2:00 p.m., at the Crowne Plaza Hotel,
  101 Lyon Street, Ottawa, Ontario.
  
  
• May 20, 2001
  May 14, 2001 Liberal MPP introduces a petition into the Ontario Legislature from
  northwestern Ontario which called for reforms in the area of the
  Ontario Disability Support Program ODSP.
  
  May 15, 2001 Liberal MPP Bruce Crozier made a statement about the ODA
  issue in the Legislature.
  
  May 16, 2001 Liberal Disability Critic Ernie Parsons made a statement in the
  Legislature calling on Premier Harris to finally agree to meet with the ODA
  Committee
  
  
  
• April 13, 2001
  ODA the subject of Michael Coren Show on the CTS TV Network
  (Crossroads Television) on Monday, April 16, 2001 from 10 to 11 pm
  
  
• April 11, 2001
  Conservative MPP, Bob Wood, London West,
  Asks for Input on His Proposal to Introduce a
  Private Member's Bill
  
  
• April 9, 2001
  The Throne Speech will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, 2001
  at Queen's Park, Toronto. If you wish to join us to watch the Throne Speech,
  please arrive at the Ontario Legislature Building at 1:00 p.m.
  
  
• April 2, 2001
  ODA Update dd March 29, 2001
  ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMMITTEE
  WELCOMES YOUR INPUT
  
  
• March 28, 2001
  ODA Update dd March 28, 2001
  QUEEN'S PARK GATHERING FOR THRONE
  SPEECH CONFIRMED on April 19, 2001
  
  
• March 25, 2001
  With only 243 more days until the Legislature's November 23 deadline
  for enacting the ODA, we are getting still more positive media coverage!
  We include the latest print items.
  
  
• March 23, 2001
  OUR PRESSURE FOR A STRONG ONTARIANS WITH
  DISABILITIES ACT IS REALLY HAVING AN IMPACT!
  
  
• March 20, 2001
  ODA Update dd March 20, 2001
  Government's new Throne Speech to take place
  Thursday, April 19, 2001
  
  
• March 19, 2001
  ODA Update dd March 19, 2001
  Regarding many recent happenings around Ontario
  
  
• March 7, 2001
  ODA update dd March 7, 2001
  Update on the recent Media coverage on the
  ODA Issue.
  
  
• March 7, 2001
  ODA update dd March 5, 2001
  Update on the March 22 Ontario By-election
  in Parry Sound - Muskoka.
  
  
• March 3, 2001
  ODA Update dd February 21, 2001
  Action In Support Of A Strong ODA From 3 Different Parts Of Ontario
  
  
• February 22, 2001
  ODA Update dd February 21, 2001
  ODA Committee writes to the new Citizenship Minister Cam Jackson and to Premier Harris.
  Backgrounder prepared for Minister Cam Jackson
  
  
• February 22, 2001
  ODA Update dd February 20, 2001
  Human Rights Commission Discussion Paper on Accessible
  Public Transit Shows Need for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
  
  
• February 14, 2001
  ODA Update dd February 13, 2001
  Harris Government Appoints New Citizenship Minister
  
  
• January 29, 2001
  ODA Update giving a sampling of grass-roots activity taking place
  across Ontario in support of the ODA.
  
  
• January 10, 2001
  ODA Major Update: Details of the Ontario Government's
  Public Opinion Poll on the Ontarians with Disabilities Act
  
  
• January 5, 2001
  Major ODA News Update
  Government Poll Shows Strong Public Support for a
  Mandatory, Effective Ontarians With Disabilities Act
  
  
• January 4, 2001
  ODA Update dd January 4, 2001
  MORE AND MORE MEDIA COVERAGE
  ON THE ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ISSUE
  
  
• December 22, 2000
  ODA Committee Update dated December 21, 2000
  
  
• December 19, 2000
  ODA Committee Website Now Offers
  Web Search and Site-Level Capabilities
  
  
• December 19, 2000
  ODA COMMITTEE Website Has Easier to
  Remember Web Address www.odacommittee.net
  Please Book Mark us and Publicize it Far and Wide!
  
  

• December 15, 2000
  ODA News Brief dated December 14, 2000
  Liberal Disability Critic Ernie Parsons introduced a
  Private Member's Bill into the Ontario Legislature.

• December 15, 2000
  ODA Update dated December 11, 2000
  
  
• December 4, 2000
  Today at Queen's Park, representatives of major organizations and
  coalitions speaking for the interests of Seniors held a news
  conference. They called on the Harris Government to enact a
  strong and effective ODA. Their news release is posted here
  
  
• November 23, 2000
  ODA Update dd November 23, 2000
  ONTARIO LIBERAL PARTY RELEASES ITS REPORT
  on its ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT CONSULTATION TOUR
  Text of Report in English
  Text of Report in French
  Liberal Press Release
  
  
• November 17, 2000
  Report on Successful ODA November 15, 2000 Activities
  This summary is accompanied by a lot of material, which you can browse
  through if you wish more detail.
  Summary
  Toronto Star Article
  Ontario Legislature Hansard November 15, 2000
  Liberal Party News Release PREMIER SNUBS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
  Report from the ODA Committee's Sault Ste. Marie/Algoma Region
  Harris Government News Release
  Letter from the Minister of Citizenship, Culture & Recreation
  
  
• November 14, 2000
  Would you like to know what the Ontario Government is telling itself internally
  about what it committed to, vis … vis the Ontarians with Disabilities Act?
  Follow this link to read two of the internal Ministry of Citizenship documents received
  by Liberal MPP Steve Peters following his request for disclosure of internal Government
  documents regarding the Ontarians with Disabilities Act under the Freedom of Information Act.
  
  
• November 12, 2000
  ODA News Summary: With so much happening so fast on the ODA
  front, we wanted give you another quick summary update
  
  
• November 7, 2000
  ODA News Summary: With so much happening so fast on the ODA
  front, we wanted give you a quick summary update
  
  
• November 1, 2000
  Memorandum to ODA supporters

• October 6, 2000
  ODA Memo: Further Developments on the Leaked Harris Cabinet
  Document on the ODA
  
  
• September 12, 2000
  ODA Memo: Highlights of the ODA Committee Delegation's Sept. 8, 2000
  meeting with Citizenship Minister Helen Johns
  
  
• February 21, 2000
  ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER United To Achieve A Barrier-Free Ontario For People With Disabilities LIBERAL PARTY LAUNCHES ITS OWN PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE ODA

  
  
  

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