The CER’s inaugural Accessibility Plan 2023–2025 (Plan), was posted on our external website on December 30 in compliance with the Accessible Canada Act. It is the product of several months of consultations with staff, as well as research into barriers to accessibility, and the identification of potential solutions to those barriers.
The work reflected in this plan builds on changes currently underway at the CER to update policies, programs, practices, and services to create a more inclusive environment for everyone, and a more accessible one for persons with disabilities.
The Plan is a key part of the work to improve diversity and inclusion at the CER, as well as our strategic priority to increase trust and confidence in the CER as a regulator and as an employer of choice. The Plan aligns with the implementation of the CER’s Diversity and Belonging Roadmap, and commitments identified in the Employment Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan for 2021–2024, which are provided to Parliament on an annual basis.
The CER fully supports the Government of Canada’s goal to create a barrier-free Canada by 2040 – which includes identifying, removing, and preventing barriers to accessibility in the federal jurisdiction.
We look forward to receiving input on the Plan – feedback is invited and welcome, as it helps us continually improve and target our efforts to create a barrier-free CER.
The CER’s inaugural Accessibility Plan 2023–2025 (Plan), was posted on our external website on December 30 in compliance with the Accessible Canada Act. It is the product of several months of consultations with staff, as well as research into barriers to accessibility, and the identification of potential solutions to those barriers.
The work reflected in this plan builds on changes currently underway at the CER to update policies, programs, practices, and services to create a more inclusive environment for everyone, and a more accessible one for persons with disabilities.
The Plan is a key part of the work to improve diversity and inclusion at the CER, as well as our strategic priority to increase trust and confidence in the CER as a regulator and as an employer of choice. The Plan aligns with the implementation of the CER’s Diversity and Belonging Roadmap, and commitments identified in the Employment Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan for 2021–2024, which are provided to Parliament on an annual basis.
The CER fully supports the Government of Canada’s goal to create a barrier-free Canada by 2040 – which includes identifying, removing, and preventing barriers to accessibility in the federal jurisdiction.
We look forward to receiving input on the Plan – feedback is invited and welcome, as it helps us continually improve and target our efforts to create a barrier-free CER.
This Discussion Paper contains sections with questions seeking your input. Please provide input where you would like to contribute. When addressing the questions, please provide any examples you may have, as they can help the CER better understand the issue. If there are questions for which you have no feedback, do not feel obligated to provide a response. If there is a topic or a subject that you would like to address that isn’t covered by this discussion paper, please do so by emailing accessible@cer-rec.gc.ca. All input will be considered in the development of the Accessibility plan.
We ask all interested parties to provide their input by October 14, 2022. The CER will use input received through this process to continue the development of an Accessibility Plan that will respond to issues raised during engagement with Indigenous peoples and other stakeholders, including those issues and recommendations which have been previously provided to the Regulator (e.g., from the Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committees; Internal Committees).
Engagement The CER is implementing targeted engagement to seek input for the implementation of the Accessible Canada Act. The CER has drafted a list of potential interveners, including Indigenous peoples, who will be asked to provide input on the topics covered by the discussion paper. Opportunities for engagement and input will be posted on the CER’s Consultation and Engagement Activities webpage.
This Discussion Paper contains sections with questions seeking your input. Please provide input where you would like to contribute. When addressing the questions, please provide any examples you may have, as they can help the CER better understand the issue. If there are questions for which you have no feedback, do not feel obligated to provide a response. If there is a topic or a subject that you would like to address that isn’t covered by this discussion paper, please do so by emailing accessible@cer-rec.gc.ca. All input will be considered in the development of the Accessibility plan.
We ask all interested parties to provide their input by October 14, 2022. The CER will use input received through this process to continue the development of an Accessibility Plan that will respond to issues raised during engagement with Indigenous peoples and other stakeholders, including those issues and recommendations which have been previously provided to the Regulator (e.g., from the Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committees; Internal Committees).
Engagement The CER is implementing targeted engagement to seek input for the implementation of the Accessible Canada Act. The CER has drafted a list of potential interveners, including Indigenous peoples, who will be asked to provide input on the topics covered by the discussion paper. Opportunities for engagement and input will be posted on the CER’s Consultation and Engagement Activities webpage.
Contributions to this consultation are closed for evaluation and review. The project team will report back on key outcomes.
Final report
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The final outcomes of the consultation are documented here. This may include a summary of all contributions collected as well as recommendations for future action.
