Tag: 2025 Ontario Elections

Save the Date! Candidates’ Debate on Disability Issues in the Ontario General Election Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 7:30 PM In-Person and Online

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   Save the Date! Candidates’ Debate on Disability Issues in the Ontario General Election Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 7:30 PM In-Person and Online   February 6, 2025   Please … Continue reading Save the Date! Candidates’ Debate on Disability Issues in the Ontario General Election Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 7:30 PM In-Person and Online

A Bizarre Moment When Raising Disability Issues During the Ontario Election Campaign

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   A Bizarre Moment When Raising Disability Issues During the Ontario Election Campaign   February 3, 2025   SUMMARY   Here’s a recent moment in our non-partisan disability advocacy … Continue reading A Bizarre Moment When Raising Disability Issues During the Ontario Election Campaign

Ontario New Democratic Party Responds to the Request for the Accessible Ontario Pledge – Ontarians Await Responses from the Tories and Liberals

ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ALLIANCE NEWS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Ontario New Democratic Party Responds to the Request for the Accessible Ontario Pledge – Ontarians Await Responses from the Tories and Liberals   January 31, 2025 Toronto: Ontario’s New Democratic Party (“NDP”) has responded to the AODA Alliance’s call for all … Continue reading Ontario New Democratic Party Responds to the Request for the Accessible Ontario Pledge – Ontarians Await Responses from the Tories and Liberals

Whether There Will Be a Better Future for Students with Disabilities in Ontario is on the Ballot in this Election, Disability Advocates Insist

ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ALLIANCE NEWS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Whether There Will Be a Better Future for Students with Disabilities in Ontario is on the Ballot in this Election, Disability Advocates Insist January 29, 2025 Toronto: With the Ontario election campaign underway, disability advocates announce that on the ballot in this … Continue reading Whether There Will Be a Better Future for Students with Disabilities in Ontario is on the Ballot in this Election, Disability Advocates Insist

On Eve of Election Call: Ford Government Announces Another 1.3 Billion Dollars on School Construction Without Ensuring these Schools will be Accessible to Thousands of Students, Parents and Staff with Disabilities

ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ALLIANCE NEWS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   On Eve of Election Call: Ford Government Announces Another 1.3 Billion Dollars on School Construction Without Ensuring these Schools will be Accessible to Thousands of Students, Parents and Staff with Disabilities   January 28, 2025 Toronto: On the eve of the … Continue reading On Eve of Election Call: Ford Government Announces Another 1.3 Billion Dollars on School Construction Without Ensuring these Schools will be Accessible to Thousands of Students, Parents and Staff with Disabilities

Read the Accessible Ontario Pledge that the AODA Alliance is asking all Ontario political parties to make in the upcoming 2025 snap Ontario election

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance United for a Barrier-Free Society for All People with Disabilities Web: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance January 6, 2025 To: Hon. Premier Doug Ford Via Email: doug.ford@ontariopc.com premier@ontario.ca Room 281, Legislative Building Queen’s Park, Toronto, ON M7A 1A1 Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition Via Email: MStiles-QP@ndp.on.ca … Continue reading Read the Accessible Ontario Pledge that the AODA Alliance is asking all Ontario political parties to make in the upcoming 2025 snap Ontario election

Ford Government’s 6.5 Years in Office Gets an “F” Grade on its Handling of its Duty to Lead Ontario to Become Accessible to 2.9 Million Ontarians with Disabilities

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   Ford Government’s 6.5 Years in Office Gets an “F” Grade on its Handling of its Duty to Lead Ontario to Become Accessible to 2.9 Million Ontarians with Disabilities … Continue reading Ford Government’s 6.5 Years in Office Gets an “F” Grade on its Handling of its Duty to Lead Ontario to Become Accessible to 2.9 Million Ontarians with Disabilities

AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky’s January Column in Toronto Star’s Metroland Publications Around Ontario Focuses on the Need for All Ontario Parties to Make the “Accessible Ontario Pledge” in the Upcoming Election

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky’s January Column in Toronto Star’s Metroland Publications Around Ontario Focuses on the Need for All Ontario Parties to Make the “Accessible Ontario Pledge” … Continue reading AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky’s January Column in Toronto Star’s Metroland Publications Around Ontario Focuses on the Need for All Ontario Parties to Make the “Accessible Ontario Pledge” in the Upcoming Election

Green Party is First Ontario Political Party to Make the Accessible Ontario Pledge

ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ALLIANCE NEWS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Green Party is First Ontario Political Party to Make the Accessible Ontario Pledge January 13, 2025, Toronto: Ontario’s Green Party has made the Accessible Ontario Pledge requested by the grassroots non-partisan AODA Alliance! It is the first and only Ontario political party … Continue reading Green Party is First Ontario Political Party to Make the Accessible Ontario Pledge

Unveiling the Party’s Disability Accessibility Platforms: Every Ontario Political Leader Except Doug Ford Makes Major Election Pledges on Tearing Down Accessibility Barriers that Impede 2.6 Million Ontarians with Disabilities

ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ALLIANCE NEWS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Unveiling the Party’s Disability Accessibility Platforms: Every Ontario Political Leader Except Doug Ford Makes Major Election Pledges on Tearing Down Accessibility Barriers that Impede 2.6 Million Ontarians with Disabilities   May 3, 2022 Toronto: Doug Ford’s Tories are Ontario’s only major … Continue reading Unveiling the Party’s Disability Accessibility Platforms: Every Ontario Political Leader Except Doug Ford Makes Major Election Pledges on Tearing Down Accessibility Barriers that Impede 2.6 Million Ontarians with Disabilities

Read the May 1, 2022 Election Commitments on Disability Accessibility by the Ontario Liberal Party

Text of the May 1, 2022 Election Promises on Disability Accessibility by the Ontario Liberal Party Sent to the AODA Alliance Dear Mr. Lepofsky, Thank you for your decades of advocacy and leadership in making Ontario accessible for people with disabilities. Over the years, you have worked constructively with Premiers, Ministers, and staff in Liberal … Continue reading Read the May 1, 2022 Election Commitments on Disability Accessibility by the Ontario Liberal Party

Read the March 22, 2022 Election Commitments of the Green Party of Ontario on Accessibility for People with Disabilities

Text of the March 22, 2022 Email from the Green Party of Ontario to the AODA Alliance   2022 Ontario Election Commitments Requested by the Accessibility for Ontarians  with Disabilities Act Alliance   Headers   Leadership Commitments   a) Foster and Strengthen Our Ongoing Relationship with Your Party   We are committed to a transparent … Continue reading Read the March 22, 2022 Election Commitments of the Green Party of Ontario on Accessibility for People with Disabilities

Read the April 6, 2022 Election Commitments of the New Democratic Party of Ontario on Disability Accessibility

Text of the April 6, 2022 Commitments of the Ontario New Democratic Party on Disability Accessibility Sent to the AODA Alliance A Proposed Accessibility Plan for Ontario – 2022 Ontario Election Commitments Requested by the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance I. Leadership Commitments A) FOSTER AND STRENGTHEN OUR ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PARTY … Continue reading Read the April 6, 2022 Election Commitments of the New Democratic Party of Ontario on Disability Accessibility