The province wants to introduce legislation to improve accessibility for British Columbians living with disabilities and the minister responsible was in town last night looking for feedback.

Minister for Social Development and Poverty Reduction, Shane Simpson was on the NL Morning News and was asked how the proposed legislation would affect building codes. “We’ve got the Union of BC Municipalities, local government is involved in the advisory committee.”

“The BC Chamber of Commerce is involved directly in this. We’ve brought business in, we’ve brought local government in, and we’ll be having some very targeted discussions with the building and design community.”

“We’re working closely with the Rick Hanson Foundation, who have a certification process around accessibility for built environments so they’re giving some help and they’re very expert in this field.”

The Minister plans to get the legislation introduced for the fall sitting in 2020 and hopes it will be law by this time next year.