Thursday, August 29, 2019

We Are Still Waiting

I am Tyron Bishop, I live in the Chatham community. Our Community Centre was officially opened in May, 2015. I attended the opening ceremony although I had to be carried up the flight of stairs to get to the auditorium which is located on the second floor because the Minister at the time said that installing the elevator in the empty shaft was "a waste of time, a waste of money and a lot of inconvenience." The Government changed in September, 2015. The change in Government brought hope of the elevator being installed or some other logical way of making the second floor of our Community Center accessible to persons in wheelchairs and those with other mobility issues but nothing has been done to date, therefore, I still have to be carried up the flight of stairs in order to attend anything being held in the auditorium. One question: Am I wrong to think that the present Government has Persons with Disabilities on the counter as well? Yes, I Said counter because we do not even get to the back burner.