all,
I am sharing this much as others share surveys. There are many Canadians
on these lists, and those who do business with Canada. Likewise it is
critical that they get reviews from those using various platforms, Linux
and mac included.
please help if you can, or share if you cannot.
I personally attended one of these hearings, and I assure you that the
judge in this case is absolutely firm on making the Canadian government do
their job.
Thanks,
Karen
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Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:26:50 -0500
Subject: FW: Urgent: IS THE GOVERNMENT COMPLYING WITH ITS NEW STANDARD ON WEB
ACCESSIBILITY?
Subject: Urgent: IS THE GOVERNMENT COMPLYING WITH ITS NEW STANDARD ON WEB
ACCESSIBILITY?
Hello Trailblazers:
This is an urgent request from the Alliance for Equality of Blind
Canadians(AEBC). Please read below. We would like to have all Federal
government websites checked by blind, deaf-blind and partially sighted
individuals to see if the government has made the websites accessible or in
the process or has not been done. Another Committee member is organizing
distribution of Federal government websites to everyone so, that we can get
each website covered in the short time that is requested. Also, please send
to all blind, deaf-blind and partially sighted individuals and
organizations. The website reports need to be e-mailed to Bakerlaw and Pat
Seed(AEBC) no later than February 27, 2012 For processing.
Please send your request to Pat Seed at pat.seed at tbaytel.net. If you do not
have a particular website you would like to review then Pat will assign you
one or as many as you would like to work on. When you have reviewed the
website, please answer the questions from the lawyer below and then send it
along to:
Luz Sucilan at
lsucilan at bakerlaw.ca
and also copy the same to:
Pat Seed at
pat.seed at tbaytel.net
If you do not want websites assigned, do as many as you can and answer the
questions below. E-mail to the same e-mail addresses above.
When asking for a website or sending your results to the above e-mails,
please put in the subject line: Website accessibility report. This is for
tracking purposes.
Thank you for your assistance in this very important cause for one and all
blind individuals. This is for you.
Sincerely,
Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians(AEBC)
Charter Challenge Committee
Pat Seed
pat.seed at tbaytel.net
Susan Pinder
sjcn at rogers.com
416 497-0444
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Please read below for further information:
IS THE Federal GOVERNMENT COMPLYING WITH ITS NEW STANDARD ON WEB
ACCESSIBILITY? HELP US FIND OUT!
On November 29, 2010 the Federal Court of Canada released a landmark
decision concerning the rights of Canadians with disabilities to access
Federal government websites.
Justice Kelen declared that Donna Jodhan's inability to access certain
Federal government websites is representative of a system wide failure by
government departments and agencies to make their websites accessible, and
that the government's failure to monitor and ensure compliance with its own
accessibility standards violates the equality guarantee in the Charter. He
declared that the government has a constitutional obligation to bring itself
into compliance with the Charter within a "reasonable time period, such as
15 months." If the government is not complying, Justice Kelen indicated Ms.
Jodhan can apply to him for further specific directions to the government.
Following the Court's decision, the government released a new Standard on
Web Accessibility which adopts WCAG 2.0
(http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=23601
<http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=23601§ion=text>
§ion=text). The Standard has a multi-phase implementation deadline.
Phase I includes all web site home pages and pages referenced from web site
home pages of all 107 federal government departments and agencies listed in
Schedule I, I.1 and II of the Financial Administration Act.
We are asking for your help to determine whether the Federal government is
complying with its new Standard. If you want to help, here is what you can
do:
By February 29, 2012, please visit the web site home page, or a page
referenced from the web site home page of one or more of the 107 government
departments and agencies listed below. Try as many as you can so we know if
the government is complying.
Let us know if the web page is accessible or not by completing the
Accessibility Report Form below and emailing it to Luz Sucilan at
lsucilan at bakerlaw.ca. By filling in the form each time you hit a barrier or
gain access, you will help us determine if the government is living up to
its Charter obligations to you. Give us the information we need to secure
court ordered website access if it is not, and to call for a national
celebration if it is.
Accessibility Report Form
Your Name:
Name and version of your operating system (e.g. "Windows XP"):
Name and version of your browser (e.g. "Internet Explorer version 8"):
Name and version of your AT (e.g. "NVDA version 2011.2"; "JAWS version 11"):
Date of visit:
Web Address (URL) you visited (starting with http or https):
Was the web page accessible? (yes or no):
If the web page was not accessible, please provide a short description of
the incident (e.g. "Unable to use the job bank"):
Please provide a longer description of the incident (e.g. How did the page
prevent access? What strategies did you try?):
OPTIONAL:
Source code of the web page:
Attach a screenshot of the incident.
List of 107 government departments and agencies
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Department of Canadian Heritage
Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Department of the Environment
Department of Finance
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Department of Health
Department of Human Resources and Skills Development
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Department of Industry
Department of Justice
Department of National Defence
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Department of Public Works and Government Services
Department of Social Development
Department of Transport
Treasury Board
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Western Economic Diversification
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Canada Industrial Relations Board
Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Canadian Forces Grievance Board
Canadian Grain Commission
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat
Canadian International Development Agency
Canadian International Trade Tribunal
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Canadian Space Agency
Canadian Transportation Agency
Communications Security Establishment
Copyright Board
Correctional Service of Canada
Courts Administration Service
Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission
Immigration and Refugee Board
Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Library and Archives of Canada
Military Police Complaints Commission
National Energy Board
National Farm Products Council
National Film Board
National Parole Board
Northern Pipeline Agency
Office of Infrastructure of Canada
Office of the Auditor General
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
Office of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner
Office of the Co-ordinator, Status of Women
Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Office of the Governor General's Secretary
Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
Privy Council Office
Public Appointments Commission Secretariat
Public Health Agency of Canada
Public Service Commission
Public Service Staffing Tribunal
Public Service Labour Relations Board
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada and that portion of the federal
public administration appointed under subsection 12(2) of the Supreme Court
Act
Registry of the Competition Tribunal
Registry of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal
Registry of the Specific Claims Tribunal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Public Complaints Commission
Security Intelligence Review Committee
Shared Services Canada
Statistics Canada
Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada
Veterans Review and Appeal Board
Assisted Human Reproduction Agency of Canada
Canada Border Services Agency
Canada Emission Reduction Incentives Agency
Canada Employment Insurance Commission
Canada Revenue Agency
Canada School of Public Service
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Canadian Polar Commission
Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board
Law Commission of Canada
The National Battlefields Commission
National Research Council of Canada
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
Parks Canada Agency
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
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