[1] As noted in Chapter VI, “Next Steps”, the LCO will be developing simplified materials related to the Framework, and will be applying it to a new project on the law of capacity and guardianship.
[2] Some basic demographic information related to the experience of disability in Ontario is set out in Chapter II.C of this Final Report.
[3] See Law Commission of Ontario, A Framework for the Law as It Affects Older Persons: Advancing Substantive Equality for Older Persons through Law, Policy and Practice (Toronto: Law Commission of Ontario, April 2012). Online: http://www.lco-cdo.org/en/content/older-adults [Older Adults Final Report]. All project documents can be found online in this location.
[4] Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 13 December 2006, GA Res 61/106, UNGAOR, 61st Sess, UN Doc A/RES/61/106 (entered into force 3 May 2008, ratified by Canada 11 March 2010). Online: http://www.un.org/Docs/asp/ws.asp?m=A/RES/61/106 [CRPD].
[5] Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982, being Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (UK), 1982, c 11. Online: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/charter/ [Charter].
[6] Human Rights Code, RSO 1990, c H-19, s 1. Online: http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h19_e.htm [Code].
[7] Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers Responsible for Social Services, In Unison: A Canadian Approach to Disability Issues, Cat No: SP-113-10-98E (Hull, QC: Human Resources Development Canada, 1998). Online: http://web.archive.org/web/20090202214940/http://socialunion.gc.ca/pwd/unison/unison_e.html [In Unison (1998)]. Updated in 2000. Online: http://www.ccdonline.ca/en/socialpolicy/poverty-citizenship/income-security-reform/in-unison-2000 [In Unison (2000)].
[8] Law Commission of Ontario, Preliminary Consultation Paper: Approaches to Defining Disability (Toronto: Law Commission of Ontario, June 2009). Online: http://www.lco-cdo.org/disabilities/Disabilities%20Threshold%20Paper%20-%20July%202009.pdf [Threshold Paper].
[9] The Commissioned Research Papers can be found on the LCO website at http://www.lco-cdo.org/en/disabilities-call-for-papers.
[10] Law Commission of Ontario, The Law as It Affects Persons with Disabilities, Consultation Paper (Toronto: Law Commission of Ontario, September 2011). Online: http://www.lco-cdo.org/disabilities-consultation-paper.pdf [Disabilities Consultation Paper].
[11] Michael Bach & Lana Kerzner, A New Paradigm for Autonomy and the Right to Legal Capacity (Law Commission of Ontario: November 2010). Online: http://www.lco-cdo.org/en/disabilities-call-for-papers [Bach & Kerzner]. Margaret Hall, Developing an Anti-Ageist Approach with Law (Toronto: Law Commission of Ontario, September 2009). Online: http://www.lco-cdo.org/en/older-adults-lco-funded-papers-margaret-hall [Hall, note 11]. The LCO commenced a project on the law of capacity and guardianship in the summer of 2012.
[12] Information about the Conferences and copies of Conference Papers can be accessed online: http://www.lco-cdo.org/en/older-adults-conference.
[13] For a more detailed discussion of the relationship between aging, health and impairment, see Older Adults Final Report, note 3, Ch II.C.2.
[14] Michael Oliver, “Societal responses to long term disability” in Gale Whiteneck et al, eds, Ageing with Spinal Cord Injury (New York: Demos Publications, 1993), 253.
[15] Mark Priestley, “Disability and Old Age” in Disability: A Life Course Approach (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2003),143 [Priestley].
[16] Priestley, note 15.
[17] Priestley, note 15, 161.
[18] The Ontario Public Service (OPS) Inclusion Lens is a comprehensive analytical tool developed by the OPS Diversity Office to assist OPS staff in considering various dimensions of diversity in developing, implementing or reviewing policies, programs or services. Seventeen dimensions of diversity are identified in this tool, including (both younger and older) age, disability, gender and socio-economic status. For a brief discussion of the Inclusion Lens see OPS Diversity Office, 2011 OPS Diversity Annual Report: Toward Inclusion (Toronto: Queen’s Printer, 2011), 14. Online: http://www.mgs.gov.on.ca/en/Diversity/STD01_081769.html [Toward Inclusion, note 18].
[19] The HEIA is intended for use across the health system. As of fall 2011, all 14 LHINs had received training on HEIA. Training has also been provided to MOHLTC staff. This tool was developed by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care in collaboration with Ontario’s Local Health Integration Networks as a means of supporting improved health equity and reducing avoidable health disparities between population groups. It provides a step-by-step approach to analyzing how a particular program or policy may affect population groups in different ways. The HEIA tool consists of two parts, a template and a workbook: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Health Equity Impact Assessment Template (Toronto: Queen’s Printer, 2011). Online: http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/heia/tool.aspx [HEIA Template]; Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Health Equity Impact Assessment Workbook (Toronto: Queen’s Printer, 2011). Online: http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/heia/tool.aspx [HEIA Workbook]. [HEIA Template & Workbook, note 19]
[20] Ontario Human Rights Commission, Policy and Guidelines on Disability and the Duty to Accommodate, ISBN 0-7794-0687-7 (Toronto, Ontario Human Rights Commission: 2000). Online: http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/policy-and-guidelines-disability-and-duty-accommodate [Disability Policy].
[21] Christine Ogaranko, Beverly Froese, & Nicole Chammartin, Mental Health and Human Rights Evaluation Instrument (Winnipeg: Mental Health Commission of Canada, Public Interest Law Centre and Canadian Mental Health Association Winnipeg Region, November 30, 2011) [Mental Health Evaluation Instrument].
[22] Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI) is a collaborative project to establish a comprehensive, sustainable international system to monitor human rights of people with disabilities. DRPI has designed a template to help monitors collect and analyze disability rights law, policy and program information. The template covers all of the rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD, see note 4). The template helps monitors to identify gaps in legislation and policy and includes cross-references to provisions of core international human rights treaties, including the CRPD