Mayoral Candidates Debate Disability Issues
Jul 01, 2010 | admin | 0
Toronto Community News reports on the latest mayoral debate, sponsored by a number of non-profit groups at the University of Toronto’s Innis College, which focused on disability issues:
“Smitherman, a former MPP, said the city needs to adopt “more exacting targets” for hiring a diverse workforce, including people with disabilities.
Sarah Thomson, a publisher, said her administration will use remote or work-from-home programs and new technologies to open more municipal jobs to the disabled.
Rob Ford, an Etobicoke councillor and business owner, said financial incentives would encourage companies to hire workers with disabilities. Ford, who often names city spending he considers excessive, said more should be spent on making buildings accessible to the disabled.
“You should spend a lot of money helping these people out.”
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