[blindLaw] Canadian accessibility vs. US

[Jorge Paez]

Rahul:
I have a question related to the Canadian Supreme Court’s Eldridge judgment you posted about in another thread.
Is the Sec. 15 ruling similar to the US Supreme Court’s Craig & Mullins v. Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc where it is a general ruling on civil rights regulations or is it more similar to the National Federation of the Blind v. Target Corp Case where the ruling applies only to people with disabilities and the underlying ADA?
(I’m curious since Canada doesn’t have an equivalent law from my understanding.)









On Aug 1, 2019, at 11:15 AM, Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:

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Amar, the Canadian Supreme Court’s Eldridge judgment might be useful. It concerned providing sign language interpreters to deaf patients by a private hospital. It was held that Sec. 15 of the Charter - the equality clause - applied to them, even though they were a private entity. They ruled in the claimant’s favour.

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On Aug 1, 2019, at 7:48 PM, Amar Jain via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:

Dear all,

I am Amar Jain, a qualified Indian lawyer.

In order to give a push to digital accessibility in India through judicial pronouncements, we are looking at other jurisdictions’ judgements on how discrimination, or full and equal enjoyment have been interpreted by courts. In nutshell, we are trying to come up with something close to Dominos case.

I would be greatful if someone can share or point us to ADA’s judgments on these aspects under Title 3 regulations, or anything similar that you are aware of. Also, any leads on attorneys / activists working on implementing accessibility especially for private players would be appreciated. Just would like to caution that alternate dispute resolution for accessibility is not implementable in India given the country’s preparedness on this mechanism other than commercial disputes. So, the solutions have to come up from judicial pronouncements or any effort in that direction.

Thank you.

Regards,
Amar Jain

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