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Accessible Canada Act
Parliament of Canada
Long title
An Act to ensure a barrier-free Canada
Citation
Accessible Canada Act[1]
Enacted by
42nd Canadian Parliament
Assented to
June 21, 2019
Legislative history
Bill title
C-81
First reading
June 20, 2018
Second reading
November 19, 2018
Third reading
November 27, 2018
The Accessible Canada Act (ACA; French: Loi canadienne sur l'accessibilité) is a Canada-wide accessibility act that applies to the federal public sector, Crown corporations, and all federally-regulated organizations,[2] building on the Canadian Human Rights Act and focuses on the prohibition of discrimination based on disability.[3]
Carla Qualtrough presented Bill C-81 for its final reading on June 21, 2019, where it received Royal Assent. It is the first national Canadian legislation on accessibility that affects all government departments and federally-regulated agencies. The federally regulated organizations[2] include the following industries:
railways, airplanes, and inter-provincial buses;
banks, mining companies, railways, airlines, and trucking; and
television and radio.[4][5][6]
^"Government Bill (House of Commons) (C-81)". www.parl.ca. June 21, 2019. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
^ ab"List of federally regulated industries and workplaces". 23 February 2021.
^"Summary of the Accessible Canada Act". Equidox.co. Equidox. 10 July 2019.
^"Fact Sheet – What is the new Accessible Canada Act (ACA)?". ARCH Disability Law Centre. October 1, 2019.
^"New federal accessibility law now in force". ipolitics. 11 July 2019.
^"Accessible Canada Act passes, but Canada still lags behind the world in website accessibility". ITBusiness. 26 June 2019.
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