Accessible Canada Act in Plain Language
This document is adapted from a resource created on behalf of the Federal Accessibility Legislation Alliance (FALA). We hope it supports understanding of the Accessible Canada Act for employers and the broader community.
Table of Contents:
- What is this document about?
- What is the Act about?
- What is a disability?
- What is a barrier?
- Why was the Act made?
- What is the purpose of the Act?
- How will the purpose of the Act be achieved?
- How will Canada become free of barriers?
- What are the guiding principles of the Act?
- What is an accessibility standard?
- How do accessibility standards become law?
- Who has to obey the Act?
- What do entities have to do under the Act?
- What are the rules on plans?
- What are the rules on feedback processes?
- What are the rules on progress reports?
- Who administers the Act?
- What is the role of the federal government?
- What is the role of the Minister?
- What is the role of the Chief Accessibility Officer?
- What is the role of the Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization?
- What is the role of the Accessibility Commissioner?
- What is the role of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission?
- What is the role of the Canadian Transportation Agency?
- Do the officials and organizations who administer the Act have to work with each other?
- Who enforces the Act?
- How is the Act enforced?
- Can people complain that the Act is not being obeyed?
- Is the Act ever going to be reviewed?
- Does the Act raise awareness?
What is this document about?
This document uses plain language to summarize the Accessible Canada Act. The Act is a law that was made by the Parliament of Canada in 2019.
In this document, the Accessible Canada Act is sometimes called the Act, and the Parliament of Canada is called Parliament.