Hello all, We have started a GoFundMe campaign to change a dangerous bike lane design that drastically reduces safety of blind and visually-impaired public transit riders. In this case, the new separated bike lanes and floating bus stops are in Victoria, BC, but there’s interest in them across North America, so this design could potentially […]

Dear Mr. Bernd Walter, Re: The Tribunal’s Misuse of Power As the Chair of the BC Human Rights Tribunal and one who was directly involved in Case 12930, I am sending this open letter after experiencing your and your staff’s use of power to directly undermine guide dog users’ access rights. The Human Rights Tribunal […]

(A letter to The Vancouver Sun by Doris Belusic,) Re: Taxis can snub service animals, Oct. 20 Jacqueline Beltgens of B.C. Human Rights Tribunal says Graeme McCreath was only “inconvenienced,” when a Victoria Taxi driver denied him service and called a second cab to pick him up. Was Rosa Parks only “inconvenienced” by being shunted […]

(A letter to the editor of The Victoria Times Colonist by Frederick Driver.) Re: “Tribunal dismisses blind man’s complaint against taxi,” Oct. 27. B.C. Human Rights Tribunal member Jacqueline Beltgens has erred in ruling against guide-dog user Graeme McCreath. McCreath was not seeking a special “accommodation,” but rather the protection of his lawful rights.

Bill 17 as currently written would shift the focus from protecting access rights for people using guide dogs to catching impostors at the expense of law-abiding blind individuals, according to the Canadian Federation of the Blind. “Taxis often won’t take us,” says Graeme McCreath of Victoria, who has frequently been refused service because he is […]

If you’ve ever been frustrated because a bus driver forgot to let you know when the bus reached your stop, now is the time to help us help BC Transit to resolve the problem. An enforceable BC Human Rights agreement has been signed requiring BC Transit to ensure that drivers call out all stops clearly. […]