The activist, consultant, and former civil servant Max Brault discusses his new book The Race to the Starting Line: What You Need to Know About the Accessible Canada Act for Making a Barrier-Free Society (Initiate, 2025), with Joseph Planta.

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Text of the introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.  

Earlier this year, Max Brault published a new book, The Race to the Starting Line: What You Need to Know About the Accessible Canada Act for Making a Barrier-Free Society. It’s a fascinating book about how starting in 2015, soon after the Justin Trudeau Liberals came to office, a new act of Parliament would be created from the ground up to look at the obstacles that over eight million Canadians with disabilities face, be they physical, architectural, technological, or attitudinal. With the goal of creating a barrier-free Canada by 2040, I’ll ask Mr. Brault who joined me a couple of weeks ago, about the progress, as well as look back at the effort to craft an act that though imperfect, worked to address concerns since the passage of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms over forty years ago now. But as the book’s title suggests, it’s just the starting line, and there’s more to accomplish. Max L. Brault is a recognised leader in accessibility and disability advocacy, with many years in the public service and consulting. Visit https://maxbraultsmafoundation.ca/ for more information. This book is published by Initiate. We spoke two weeks ago, with Max joining me from Ottawa. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Max Brault; Mr. Brault, good morning.

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