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Releasing Constraints: Projecting the Economic Impacts of Increased Accessibility in Ontario
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INTRODUCTION
The Province of Ontario is introducing five draft standards to provide a basis for the implementation of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), 2005. While the government has received many valuable comments from interested parties on their specific concerns and desires, there has not yet been an evaluation of the potential economic impact that increased accessibility will have on the province as a whole. ,QHDUO\ WKH*RYHUQPHQWRI2QWDULRDSSURDFKHGWKUHH RUJDQL]DWLRQVZLWKFROOHFWLYHH[SHUWLVHLQSURVSHULW\DFFHVVLEOH WHFKQRORJ\DQGMXULVGLFWLRQDODGYDQWDJHWRLQYHVWLJDWHWKH SRWHQWLDOHFRQRPLFLPSDFWRI¿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¿HGSHUWLQHQWFDVHVWXGLHVFRQVLGHUHG WKHGHPRJUDSKLFVRIDELOLW\DQGSURMHFWHGWKHVL]HRIYDULRXV PDUNHWV:HKDYHFRQVXOWHGZLWKORFDODQGJOREDOH[SHUWVRQ WKHGHPDQGIRUXQLYHUVDOGHVLJQ$VDUHVXOWZHKDYHFRPHWR WKHFRQFOXVLRQWKDWWKHGHPDQGIRUDFFHVVLEOHJRRGVVHUYLFHV EXLOGLQJVDQGHPSOR\PHQWLVQRWMXVWODUJHEXWJURZLQJDQG ZLOORYHUWDNHWKHGHPDQGIRUWKHLUFRQYHQWLRQDOFRXQWHUSDUWV 2IIXUWKHULPSRUWDQFHLVRXU¿QGLQJWKDWWKHLPSDFW RILQFUHDVHGHPSOR\PHQWDFFHVVLELOLW\IRU2QWDULDQVZLWK GLVDELOLWLHVZLOOLQFUHDVHWKHDYHUDJHLQFRPHRIDOO2QWDULDQV 7KHVHFRQFOXVLRQVGRQRWFRPHDVDVXUSULVHJLYHQWKHKLV WRU\RIDFFHVVDQGSURVSHULW\LQ2QWDULR)RUWKHODVW\HDUV 2QWDULRKDVPRYHGLQFUHPHQWDOO\WRZDUGWKHLQFOXVLRQRILWV HQWLUHSHRSOHLQLWVVRFLDODQGHFRQRPLFOLIH2QWDULR¶V+XPDQ 5LJKWV&RGHWKH¿UVWLQ&DQDGDGDWHVIURP 6LQFHWKDW
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