BCE turns blind eye to accessibility, coalition claims

TORONTO – A coalition of some of Canada’s largest accessibility organizations is accusing BCE of ignoring Canadians with disabilities.Access 2020 says that Bell’s response to interventions filed in regards to its pending purchase of CTV “failed to address the issue of accessibility - or even mention the word”. In fact, the group continued, not only did Bell’s reply not respond directly to the coalition’s suggestions, paragraph 111 of its response says that “all Canadians with access to television can view the programming”. Not so, said Beverley Milligan, executive director of Media Access Canada, which is heading up the coalition.“Over 800,000 blind Canadians cannot...