Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Chatham Community Centre empty elevator shaft

The Chatham Community Centre was officially opened in May, 2015 with an empty elevator shaft. Two years later, I still need to be lifted up the stairs in order to access the auditorium which is on the second floor because the elevator is yet to be installed. Our previous Government ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in June, 2015 (two months before the General Election) which states: The CRPD prohibits disability discrimination against someone with a disability in a wide range of life activities, including, but not limited to: Access to premises used by the public. For example, using libraries, places of worship, government offices and courts, hospitals, restaurants, shops, cinemas, COMMUNITY CENTRES, or other premises used by the public. Our present Government does not give the impression that it will have the elevator installed. When a country elects a new Government it is because a majority of its people wants a change in policies, not just a change in faces.