Toronto

A provincial byelection polling station was bounced to a non-accessible site by a volleyball game, disability activists say.

Members of the Accessibility for Ontarians With Disabilities Act Alliance have been trying to find out since February why a Toronto Centre polling station
was moved to a room that could be accessed only by stairs.

The February 5, 2010 Toronto Sun reported that a polling station in the February 4, 2010 Toronto provincial by-election was inaccessible to voters with
disabilities. (Making this incident worse, Elections Ontario initially denied that the polling station was inaccessible. See the article below.)

It is shocking, yet unsurprising to us that in 2010, voters with disabilities continue to face such obvious and easily prevented barriers to their constitutional
right to vote.

Just hours after officially declaring his candidacy in the race to be Toronto’s next mayor there was a significant misstep in Adam Giambrone’s campaign.

The 32-year-old TTC Chair held a celebration marking his entry into the mayoral race at popular College Street nightspot Revival. CityNews reporter Tara
Weber, who uses a wheelchair, discovered the event was a bit of a challenge to cover as the venue wasn’t fully accessible.