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The Accessible Canada Act came into force on July 11, 2019. It recognizes the existing human rights framework that supports equality for people with disabilities in Canada. This includes:

• the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
• the Canadian Human Rights Act.
• Canada’s commitments as a State Party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

The purpose of the Accessible Canada Act is to make Canada barrier-free by January 1, 2040. This involves identifying, removing, and preventing barriers in the following priority areas:

• Information and communication technologies.
• Communication, other than information and communication technologies.
• Procurement of goods, services, and facilities.
• Design and delivery of programs and services.
• Transportation (airlines, as well as rail, road and marine transportation providers that cross provincial or international borders)
• The built environment (buildings and public spaces).

Communication, as a priority area, includes the use of:

• American Sign Language.
• Quebec Sign Language (Langue des signes québécoise).
• Indigenous sign languages.

The Act is to be implemented in recognition of, and in accordance with, the following principles:

• Everyone must be treated with dignity.
• Everyone must have the same opportunity to make for themselves the life they are able and wish to have.
• Everyone must be able to participate fully and equally in society.
• Everyone must have meaningful options and be free to make their own choices, with support if they desire.