[NAGDU] Service dog license

[Daryl]

I live in Canada, and one of our provinces has enacted such a law. It's honestly been incredibly frustrating. People who live there have told me that just by going about their business with their service dogs, they are asked for identifying documents several times a day. One has even told me that she is reluctant to leave her house with her service dog because she gets asked for paperwork so frequently. They have not addressed the issue of owner trainers, or visitors to the province. For example, if I travel there on a family emergency, I can pre apply for a temporary ID card. This greatly restrict the movement of Canadian citizens, which is against the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. If you are getting asked for ID when you buy alcohol or verify your ID when writing checks, it's because everybody gets ask for that information. You personally are not targeted.

On February 11, 2017 10:02:11 PM MST, Nancy VanderBrink via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>Dar,
>Apologies, I forgot about those groups, didn't intend to.
>
>I have to show ID when I go to get alcohol though...  and for things
>like writing checks and verifying my identity at the airport...
>
>Wouldn't something like this help with 'fakers'? 
>
>I wonder if there could even be some sort of accreditation process that
>you could go through if you owner  trained or had somebody help you
>train your dog to a group like IAADP?
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Feb 11, 2017, at 11:54 PM, Daryl via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>wrote:
>> 
>> I can't speak for anybody else, but as for myself I have big problems
>with such an idea. It makes people with disabilities who use service
>dogs targets for anybody who wants to see identifiable information.
>Yes, to drive a car you need a license. But you are only requested for
>that license if you are driving erratically. Also, if a person chooses
>to owner train their dog, or if they're disability makes owner training
>the only viable option, they are at a distinct disadvantage.
>> 
>>> On February 11, 2017 9:46:58 PM MST, Nancy VanderBrink via NAGDU
><nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Hey guys,
>>> So I'm going to make you mad at me but I don't
>understandsomething...
>>> 
>>> If you have to get a license to drive why not one for a guide dog.
>>> I know that people who were glasses are supposed to have their
>picture
>>> taken with her glasses on and I guess I wonder why he could not be
>>> something like that but for us with our dog?
>>> 
>>> I know figuring out how to come up with some sort of database of
>>> accredited schools and then how to figure out how to make sure these
>>> places are accredited would be a process but I guess I kind of
>wonder
>>> if having it on something that already exists and is already
>official
>>> wouldn't that make it easier?
>>> 
>>> I mean, if I have to go get a new ID when I move wouldn't it make
>sense
>>> to just go get a new ID with your picture of you and your partner in
>it
>>> that way?
>>> 
>>> I'm not trying to ignite a fire storm or anything I just don't
>really
>>> understand why this is such a big deal. I understand the need for
>>> privacy but I'm not even really saying that you have to say on there
>>> why you have the dog I guess I really just kind of would think that
>if
>>> they could get accredited schools in a database and then the DMV
>could
>>> choose the school you went to given on some sort  of letter or
>>> something, why is that bad???
>>> 
>>> Just trying to understand.
>>> 
>>> vandyvanderbrink at outlook.com
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