Recent Submissions
This page includes submissions prepared by ARCH and presented to various levels of government, legislative committees, administrative bodies, tribunals, agencies, and human rights commissions. If you require any of these materials in alternate formats, please contact ARCH.
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April 28, 2010The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario released the changes it proposed to make to its Rules of Procedure. ARCH's comments on the proposed changes focus on the need of the Tribunal to ensure that its need to move applications quickly through the Tribunal process does not result in a failure to meet the needs of people with disabilities.
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February 16, 2010In this submission ARCH makes recommendations to strengthen the second regulation under the Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities, the law that will reform the way in which the government delivers services to people with intellectual disabilities. ARCH strongly urges the government...
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December 4, 2009The government of Ontario appointed Charles Beer to conduct an independent review of the effectiveness of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, as required by this law. On November 10, 2009 ARCH held a public meeting with Mr. Beer to enable ARCH and members of the disability community to participate in the independent review...
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October 16, 2009ARCH made submissions to the Ontario Government on the Initial Proposed Accessible Built Environment Standard, made pursuant to the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. ARCH's submission include the need for clarity regarding the Ontario Human Rights Code, concerns about the import of Code defences, and the need to include...
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September 1, 2009This paper is ARCH's submission to the Law Commission of Ontario's Consultation on The Law As It Affects Persons with Disabilities.
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August 1, 2009In this submission ARCH comments on the first regulation under the Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities, the law that will reform the way in which the government delivers services to people with intellectual disabilities. ARCH made recommendations for strengthening the regulation and...
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May 1, 2009The Initial Proposed Employment Accessibility Standard is primarily concerned with detailed requirements that organizations must comply with to ensure that workplaces are accessible to people with disabilities. ARCH’s expertise is in disability law, and thus our submission addresses concerns the Employment Accessibility Standard that...
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February 1, 2009Under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, Ontario is creating accessibility standards, which are rules that business and organizations in Ontario will have to follow to identify, prevent and remove barriers for people with disabilities. An initial proposed accessibility standard on information and communications was released for...
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September 1, 2008People with disabilities experience multiple disability-related barriers when accessing medical services. In this submission, ARCH explains that the College of Physicians and Surgeons' Policy on Physicians and the Human Rights Code has the potential to improve this situation by ensuring that physicians do not refuse medical services to people with...
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August 1, 2008Written Submission on Bill 77, An Act to provide services to persons with developmental disabilitiesIn May 2008, the Ontario government introduced Bill 77, a proposed new law to reform the way in which the government delivers services to people with intellectual disabilities. Bill 77 was referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy, which held public hearings to examine it. ARCH made an oral presentation in Ottawa and sent written...
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June 1, 2008The Human Rights Tribunal’s Policy on Accessibility and Accommodation outlines the steps the Tribunal will take to make its services accessible to the public and explains how people can make requests for accommodations. ARCH made a submission to the Tribunal on the draft version of the policy. ARCH emphasized the need for the policy to be...
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May 1, 2008Ontario is currently facing a shortage of physicians. Many people do not have family doctors and many find it difficult to access the medical services they need. As a result, the College of Physicians and Surgeons is developing policies to guide physicians about making decisions to admit new patients and to end existing physician-patient...
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April 1, 2008Some organizations, such as employers and volunteer agencies, ask for police record checks. These checks may reveal non-criminal information about an individual, including contact they have had with the police pursuant to the Mental Health Act. ARCH made a submission to the Ontario Human Rights Commission on its draft Policy on Mental Health...
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March 1, 2008The Human Rights Tribunal's Rules of Procedure govern the process the Tribunal follows for processing and adjudicating human rights applications under Ontario's Human Rights Code. In this submission on the Tribunal's Draft Rules, ARCH made concrete recommendations for achieving a more accessible process and incorporating principles of universal...
