WHAT COMMITMENTS HAS THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT MADE SINCE 1995 REGARDING THE ODA?
The Ontario Government has made the following commitments regarding the ODA, as acknowledged in public and internal Government documents: * May 24, 1995: By Mike Harris’ letter to the ODA Committee, an election promise to enact the ODA in the Harris Government’s first term, to allocate new funds to accommodate persons with disAbilities, and for Premier Harris to work together with the ODA Committee to develop the ODA. * May 16, 1996: by supporting a unanimous Legislature resolution, to keep the promises to enact the ODA in its first term and to work together with the ODA Committee to develop it. * Oct. 29, 1998: By supporting a unanimous Legislature resolution, to enact the ODA which complies with 11 principles to make it strong and effective. * 1999 election: to undertake a new consultation with the public on the ODA, and then to bring forward a new bill which is stronger than Bill 83, a bill that had died on the order paper after first reading in late 1999. * Sept. 11, 1999: Citizens
