Source: https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-81/royal-assent
Timestamp: 2020-01-29 11:33:46
Document Index: 755648029

Matched Legal Cases: ['ART 1', 'ART 2', 'ART 3', 'ART 4', 'ART 5', 'ART 6', 'ART 7', 'ART 8', 'ART 9', 'ART 10', 'ART 11', 'ART 12']

Government Bill (House of Commons) C-81 (42-1) - Royal Assent - Accessible Canada Act - Parliament of Canada
11 PART 1 Minister’s Powers, Duties and Functions
17 PART 2 Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization
29 Chair
37 PART 3 Accessibility Commissioner
42 PART 4 Duties of Regulated Entities
42 Regulated Entities That Carry On Broadcasting Undertakings
42 Accessibility Plans — Requirements Under the Broadcasting Act
44 Progress Reports
47 Accessibility Plans — Regulations Under This Act
49 Progress Reports
51 Regulated Entities That Are Canadian Carriers or Telecommunications Service Providers
51 Accessibility Plans — Requirements Under the Telecommunications Act
53 Progress Reports
56 Accessibility Plans — Regulations Under This Act
58 Progress Reports
60 Regulated Entities in the Transportation Network
60 Accessibility Plans — Regulations Under the Canada Transportation Act
62 Progress Reports
65 Accessibility Plans — Regulations Under This Act
67 Progress Reports
69 Other Regulated Entities
69 Accessibility Plans — Regulations Under This Act
71 Progress Reports
73 PART 5 Administration and Enforcement
74 Production Order
75 Compliance Order
77 Administrative Monetary Penalties
94 PART 6 Remedies
94 Filing of Complaint
95 Investigation
111 PART 7 Chief Accessibility Officer
111 Appointment
112 Remuneration and Expenses
113 Duties and Functions
117 PART 8 General
133 National AccessAbility Week
134 PART 9 Parliamentary Entities
134 Definition and Application
137 Parliamentary Powers, Privileges and Immunities
143 Notification of Speakers
147 PART 10 Related Amendments
147 Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act
148 Canadian Human Rights Act
154 Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act
161 Broadcasting Act
162 Telecommunications Act
166 Canada Transportation Act
184 Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act
194 Public Service Employment Act
200 PART 11 Consequential and Coordinating Amendments
200 Consequential Amendments
200 Access to Information Act
201 Financial Administration Act
204 Privacy Act
205 Coordinating Amendments
206 PART 12 Coming into Force
Whereas a proactive and systemic approach for identifying, removing and preventing barriers to accessibility without delay complements the rights of persons with disabilities under the Canadian Human Rights Act;
5 The purpose of this Act is to benefit all persons, especially persons with disabilities, through the realization, within the purview of matters coming within the legislative authority of Parliament, of a Canada without barriers, on or before January 1, 2040, particularly by the identification and removal of barriers, and the prevention of new barriers, in the following areas:
5.‍1 (1) The area of communication referred to in paragraph 5(c.‍1)
(a) includes the use of American Sign Language, Quebec Sign Language and Indigenous sign languages; and
(b) does not include broadcasting as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Broadcasting Act or telecommunications as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Telecommunications Act.
(2) American Sign Language, Quebec Sign Language and Indigenous sign languages are recognized as the primary languages for communication by deaf persons in Canada.
5.‍2 Nothing in this Act, including its purpose of the realization of a Canada without barriers, should be construed as requiring or authorizing any delay in the removal of barriers or the implementation of measures to prevent new barriers as soon as is reasonably possible.
(f) persons with disabilities must be involved in the development and design of laws, policies, programs, services and structures; and
11 (1) The Minister’s mandate is the realization of a Canada without barriers on or before January 1, 2040.
18 The Standards Organization’s mandate is to contribute to the realization of a Canada without barriers, on or before January 1, 2040, through, among other things,
(4) An individual is not entitled to file a complaint in respect of a contravention of any provision of regulations made under subsection 117(1) if he or she is entitled to make a complaint in respect of that contravention under section 65 or 77 of the Public Service Employment Act.
(5) The Accessibility Commissioner must cause a written notice of a complaint to be served on the regulated entity against which the complaint was made.
121.‍1 For greater certainty, nothing in any provision of this Act or the regulations limits a regulated entity’s duty to accommodate under any other Act of Parliament.
(3) Whenever the Accessibility Commissioner causes a parliamentary entity to be served with a notice under subsection 94(5), 96(1), 100(2), 101(2) or 103(3), the Accessibility Commissioner must provide a copy to the Speaker of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Commons, or both.
172 Section 172 of the Act is replaced by the following:
(2) On determining that there is an undue barrier to the mobility of persons with disabilities, the Agency may do one or more of the following:
(3) If the Agency is satisfied that regulations made under subsection 170(1) that are applicable in relation to a matter have been complied with or have not been contravened, the Agency may determine that there is an undue barrier in relation to that matter but if it does so, it may only require the taking of appropriate corrective measures.
172.‍2 (1) For the purpose of paragraphs 172(2)‍(d) and (e) and 172.‍1(2)‍(d) and (e), the maximum amount shall be adjusted annually so that in any calendar year following the one during which this section comes into force it is equivalent to the product of
(4) A direction to pay compensation under any of paragraphs 172(2)‍(b) and (c) and 172.‍1(2)‍(b) and (c) may include an award of interest at a rate and for a period that the Agency considers appropriate.