Accessible Canada Act
| Accessible Canada Act | |
|---|---|
| Parliament of Canada | |
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| Citation | S.C. 2019, c. 10 |
| Considered by | House of Commons of Canada |
| Considered by | Senate of Canada |
| Assented to | June 21, 2019 |
| Legislative history | |
| First chamber: House of Commons of Canada | |
| Bill citation | Bill C-81 |
| Introduced by | Carla Qualtrough MP, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility |
| First reading | June 20, 2018 |
| Second reading | November 19, 2018 |
| Third reading | November 27, 2018 |
| Second chamber: Senate of Canada | |
| Member(s) in charge | Jim Munson |
| First reading | November 29, 2018 |
| Second reading | March 20, 2019 |
| Third reading | May 13, 2019 |
| Status: Current legislation | |
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legislature, considered_by.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, building on the Canadian Human Rights Act, and focuses on the prohibition of discrimination based on disability.
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 include the following industries:
- railways, airplanes, and inter-provincial buses;
- banks, mining companies, railways, airlines, and trucking; and
- television and radio.