Accessible Canada Act (S.C. 2019, c. 10)

Marginal note:Principles

6 This Act is to be carried out in recognition of, and in accordance with, the following principles:

• (a) all persons must be treated with dignity regardless of their disabilities;

• (b) all persons must have the same opportunity to make for themselves the lives that they are able and wish to have regardless of their disabilities;

• (c) all persons must have barrier-free access to full and equal participation in society, regardless of their disabilities;

• (d) all persons must have meaningful options and be free to make their own choices, with support if they desire, regardless of their disabilities;

• (e) laws, policies, programs, services and structures must take into account the disabilities of persons, the different ways that persons interact with their environments and the multiple and intersecting forms of marginalization and discrimination faced by persons;

• (f) persons with disabilities must be involved in the development and design of laws, policies, programs, services and structures; and

• (g) the development and revision of accessibility standards and the making of regulations must be done with the objective of achieving the highest level of accessibility for persons with disabilities.