Bill
46–The Court Practice and Administration Act
(Various Acts Amended)
Hon. Jon Gerrard (River
Heights): With regard to this bill, I will start by
saying that we will be supporting this legislation. We agree with some of the
changes to jury remuneration and some of the other changes.
One
of the major concerns that we have is with regard to the accommodation with
persons with disabilities. We've seen far too many instances where even though
there is a duty to accommodate individuals with disabilities, this duty is too
easily dismissed and people with disabilities of various natures are not given
the accommodation that they should be receiving in order to fully participate.
Mr. Dennis Smook, Acting Speaker, in the Chair
And
so, although there is a general duty to accommodate, historically it's been
very easy to dismiss that ability. And so that–even though the hope is that
there will be more participation with individuals with disabilities, this
remains to be seen whether this actually will happen. And we want to emphasize
the importance of courts doing what is possible in terms of accommodating people
with disabilities, and we think that it's very important that people with
disabilities are actually asked what they need to be accommodated and so that
accommodation can be made.
With those few comments, I will, in the interest of time, let us move on to
other subject matter. As I said, we are supporting this in spite of some
concerns.
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