Translation of "Vision Canada the unmet needs blind canadians " (English → French) :

Vision Canada: the unmet needs of blind canadians [ Vision Canada ]

The objectives are clear: Tell all Canadians about the importance of preventative eye care and treatment; create awareness of the rising number of blind and partially sighted people in Canada, which currently stands at nearly 1 million people; promote the expansion of Canadian research in vision health, which is often forgotten and neglected; encourage dialogue on th ...[+++]e extent of the vision loss epidemic in Canada and its financial and personal costs; propose strategies for effectively managing the increasing rates of blindness and vision loss among Canadians, especially seniors, visible minorities, Aboriginal communities and socio-economically vulnerable sectors of society; and call on all Canadians to do one thing simple thing that could save their sight — get an eye examination by a doctor of optometry.

(Return tabled) Question No. 88 Hon. Carolyn Bennett: With respect to Internet applications: (a) is the government working towards the inclusion of rich Internet applications within its design and development with regard to its Web sites; (b) what is the government’s response to the American response to rich Internet applications made ten years ago; (c) is the government planning on adopting the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 standard; (d) what is the monetary impact of the government’s present use of WCAG 1.0 standard knowing that software contractors have built WCAG 2.0 accessibility into their software; (e) have s ...[+++]oftware contractors requested that the government's Common Look and Feel (CLF) Committee relax or amend their CLF standards to allow for accessibility and, if so, can the government give details of the correspondence; (f) have software contractors required that the government pay extra because it must simplify their software in order to remove these accessibility features; (g) which federal department has the responsibility to ensure that all programs, services and technologies are accessible to people with disabilities and that they are available through the mainstream channels such as the Internet and in alternate formats; (h) is accessibility a mandatory requirement within information and communications procurements to ensure that blind Canadians have access to the same resources as all other Canadians and that they can access all of this through mainstream channels such as the Internet and in alternate formats; (i) how does the government of Canada inform blind Canadians about the availability of information to protect them from incidents of identity theft and fraud; (j) are the government's Web accessibility regulations up to date with today's Web technologies; (k) are Web developers in the government given the support they need to build accessible interactive Web sites, especially when building sites that offer essential ...

Ms. Cathy Moore: Of course. As I was saying, although I am going to be speaking about people in Canada who are blind or visually impaired, I would like to put this within the context of the larger needs and the unmet needs of persons with disabilities in Canada.

I'd like to begin by saying that I'm here today to bring some of the highlights of findings of a research paper that was funded by Social Development Canada and that was aimed at quantifying, in a sense, the unmet needs of people who are blind and visually impaired in Canada.