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Ableism

Section I am working on: Ableism in Canada
Ableism in Canada refers to a set of discourses, behaviors, and structures that express feelings of anxiety, fear, hostility, and antipathy towards disabled people in Canada.

The specific types of discrimination that have occurred or are still occurring in Canada include the ability to access important facilities such as infrastructure within the transport network, restrictive immigration policies, involuntary sterilization to stop the disabled from having offspring, barriers to employment opportunities, wages that are high enough to maintain a minimal standard of living, and institutionalization of the disabled in substandard conditions.

Austerity measures implemented by the government of Canada have also at times been referred to as ableist, such as funding cuts that put disabled people at risk of living in abusive arrangements.....

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Legislation against Ablisim in Canada
People are protected from ableism by the Canadian Charter Rights and Freedoms. Section 15, address equality rights. When updating the charter in 1982, the plan was not to include disability. The argument was that disability was too broad and vague. After organizing by disability organization and their allies disability was included in section 15 with the phrase 'mental or physical disability'.

The rights of people with disability are also protected under the Canadian Human Rights Act, and the Employment Equity Act. The Canadian Human Rights Act aims to protect people with mental and physical disabilities from discrimination. While the Employment Equality Act was passed in 1984, people with disabilities still experience higher rates of unemployment and underemployment.

Accessibility Canada Act
There is no national disability policy currently in Canada. In June 2019 bill C-81 was passed. Now that Bill C-81 has passed the process has begun for the creation of national standards and regulations.