Barbara Hall, the OHRC’s chief commissioner, said local governments discriminate against people with addictions and mental health issues when they uphold laws saying two group homes cannot be within a certain distance of one another. “People shouldn’t have to ask permission to move into a neighbourhood,” Ms. Hall said after a Toronto event releasing a report called Minds that Matter: Report on the consultation of human rights, mental illness and addictions. (via Ontario cities, human rights watchdog battle over group home locations | News | National Post)
Posted September 14, 2012 at 6:15pm in toronto discrimination housing neighbourhood barbara hall ohrc canada
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