Workers with Disabilities to Assess Ford Conservatives’ Progress on Accessibility

- Afternoon tour of legislative building will gauge AODA compliance -

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At a media conference tomorrow, workers with disabilities will join representatives of CUPE Ontario and the Ontario NDP critic for accessibility to offer their assessment of the Ford government’s record on the implementation of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.

The AODA was intended to ensure, over a 20-year timeline, that public spaces and buildings were accessible to people with disabilities. But last year’s deadline came and went with no accounting for the Act’s requirements.

In the afternoon, the group will tour the legislative building and report back at a later date on what they encounter in relation to AODA compliance.

WHO	Lise Vaugeois MPP, Ontario NDP Critic for Accessibility
	Fred Hahn, President, CUPE Ontario
	Brenda Cervantes, Chair, CUPE Ontario Workers with Disabilities Committee
	Stacyanne Williams, Member, CUPE Ontario Workers with Disabilities Committee
WHEN	Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.
WHERE	Queen’s Park Media Studio
	Members of the media who cannot attend the media conference at Queen’s Park are invited to view it here: https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/video/media-studio.

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