[nagdu] Canada - New legislation recognizes role of service animals

[Cindy Ray]

It doesn't say what the definition of "service animal" is though, does it?

xo

On Jun 26, 2012, at 12:50 PM, Ginger Kutsch wrote:

> Canada - New legislation recognizes role of service animals 
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> Published on May 31, 2012
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> The Telegram -  , Newfoundland and Labrador 
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> Source:
> http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2012-05-31/article-2993086/New-legisla
> tion-recognizes-role-of-service-animals/1
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> Advances in animal training have prompted the provincial government to
> rework its service animal legislation.
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> The traditional guide dog, while still in use, is not the only type of
> service animal, states a government news release.
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> The Blind Persons' Rights Act, passed in 1981, will be repealed once the new
> legislation is passed.
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> The Service Animals Act takes into account the wide variety of uses for
> service animals, and recognizes they may not always be dogs, said Felix
> Collins, the minister of justice and the attorney general.  
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> "Service animals are used by a number of different people with various
> disabilities such as autism, epilepsy, vision impairment, brain injury,
> hearing loss and mental illness. The new Service Animals Act recognizes this
> and will prohibit discrimination against a person with a service animal with
> respect to accommodations, services or facilities," he said.
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> The Act also expands the definition of a person with a disability to align
> with the United Nations' Human Rights Act.
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> The legislation received second reading in the Newfoundland and Labrador
> House of Assembly today.
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