Dear Council Candidate,
As advocates for people with disabilities, the Directors of the James McGregor Stewart Society ask you to pledge to accomplish 6 simple things in the first 100 days you are in office. None of them involve new public expense, and some may be underway.
- Publish summary statistics about the HRM workforce, across job classifications and pay grades, and ensuring privacy rights, showing the breakdown by
- gender
- age
- nature and severity of disability
- ethnic and racial categories
- Name an access coordinator in each department who will signify that access has been considered in each report to Council
- Begin a review of By-Laws to identify consequences for people with disabilities, to be completed in 2017
- Begin to update Red-Book standards for accessible rights of way to commonly accepted levels.
- Include this statement in the Special Events Task Force Special Event Application Form:
- "Event organizers welcome people with disabilities as observers and participants. If disability accommodations (e.g., communication access, alternate formats) are needed to participate fully in this event, please contact event organizers at [phone number and email address]. "
- Endorse the concept of Halifax Ramp-Up
Any candidate from any district may make this pledge. Candidates are encouraged to advertise signing, and may say they have the endorsement of the James McGregor Stewart Society. We will keep track of pledges and Council activities on our website.
Please reply to wcreedh@gmail.com with your decision about supporting this effort.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, thanks for your consideration,
Warren Reed
HERE ARE RESPONSES AS OF OCTOBER 3, 1 PM
| Response | Number | |
| Yes | 30 | |
| With Reservations | 5 | |
| No | 1 | |
| No Response | 17 | |
| No Email | 3 | |
| Last | District | Pledge |
| Adams | 11 | With Reservations |
| Beals | 6 | With Reservations |
| Blackburn | 14 | Yes |
| Bowes | 5 | Yes |
| Carvery | 8 | Yes |
| Castle | 1 | Yes |
| Cleary | 9 | Yes |
| Craig | 15 | Yes |
| Curran | 10 | Yes |
| Deagle-Gammon | 1 | With Reservations |
| Ehsan | 10 | Yes |
| Enxuga | 5 | Yes |
| Fashan | 2 | With Reservations |
| Guthrie | 12 | Yes |
| Hendsbee | 2 | Yes |
| Kawalski | 8 | Yes |
| Lawson | 1 | Yes |
| Lovelace | 13 | Yes |
| MacPherson | Mayor | Yes |
| Mason | 7 | Yes |
| McKay | 2 | No |
| Milburn | 5 | Yes |
| Mosher | 9 | Yes |
| Nicoll | 4 | Yes |
| Penney | 11 | Yes |
| Poole | 8 | Yes |
| Rissesco | 5 | Yes |
| Sinnott | 1 | Yes |
| Smith | 12 | With Reservations |
| Sommerhalder | 8 | Yes |
| Stoddard | 12 | Yes |
| Uteck | 7 | Yes |
| Walker | 10 | Yes |
| Watson | 5 | Yes |
| Whitman | 13 | Yes |
| Woodbury | 9 | Yes |
FOR THE FULL LIST WITH COMMENTS, SEE SPREADSHEET
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