e-1768 (Housing policy)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-6-17 Government Response to petitions concerning housing policy
- Access for disabled people
- Building code
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Federal-provincial-territorial relations
- Government facilities
- Housing
- Persons with disabilities
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
- 20% of Canadians are reported to have a disability, including 200,000 Canadian children;
- This is predicted to rise to 25% by 2031;
- People of all ages have disabilities of many types;
- There is no building code in Canada mandating that housing be made accessible to people with disabilities;
- Universal design will accommodate anyone of any age or ability, going beyond mere accessibility, and demonstrating an underlying commitment to including as wide a range of users as possible; and
- The Canadian Human Rights Code and Charter of Rights and Freedoms forbid discrimination on the basis of disability.
- Open for signature
- July 4, 2018, at 1:29 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- November 1, 2018, at 1:29 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Julie Dabrusin
(Toronto—Danforth)
November 28, 2018 (Petition No. 421-02976) - Government response tabled
- January 28, 2019