VI. Disproportionate impact in other jurisdictions
From: The Ontario Safe Schools Act: School discipline and discrimination
From: The Ontario Safe Schools Act: School discipline and discrimination
From: The Ontario Safe Schools Act: School discipline and discrimination
From: Dining out accessibly: A review of audit results and commitments
Under the Ontario Human Rights Code, persons with disabilities have the right to equal treatment in accessing services such as those provided by restaurants, shops, hotels, movie theatres and other public places. Businesses have an obligation to make their facilities accessible.
From: Dining out accessibly: A review of audit results and commitments
The Submission of the Ontario Human Rights Commission Concerning Barrier-Free Access Requirements in the Ontario Building Code[5]was made in March 2002 to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing in regard to that Ministry’s review of the provisions of the Building Code Act: The following is a summary of concerns raised by the Commission:
From: Discussion paper: Human rights issues in insurance
SERVICES
1. Every person has a right to equal treatment with respect to services, goods and facilities, without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status or handicap. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, s. 1.
CONTRACTS
From: Policy on female genital mutilation (FGM)
For some time now, Canada has experienced immigrant and refugee movements from countries in which FGM is commonly practised. In Toronto, community groups have estimated that there are 70,000 immigrants and refugees from Somalia and 10,000 from Nigeria, countries in which FGM is commonly practised.[22] As already noted, because of the nature of FGM, reliable statistics on the incidence of its practice are not available.
With the recent passage of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), 2005, accessibility issues are now governed by complementary aspects of the Ontario Human Rights Code, the AODA, the Ontario Building Code and, in the case of existing buildings, the Ontario Fire Code.