Manitoba Disabilities Issues Office

Opening Doors Renews Manitoba’s Commitment to Manitobans with Disabilities

On June 4, 2009, the Minister Responsible for Persons with Disabilities released a discussion paper on a long-term disability strategy entitled Opening Doors: Manitoba's Commitment to Persons with Disabilities.

The goal of Opening Doors is to renew and build upon the vision and principles outlined in Full Citizenship: A Manitoba Provincial Strategy on Disability.

The ten-part discussion paper sets out our ideas for moving forward in areas such as housing, employment, rights, accessibility, education and health. Included are immediate actions that the Minister Responsible for Persons with Disabilities, Gord Mackintosh, announced on June 4, 2009, as down payments on the strategy.

The consultation document also incorporates suggestions made by persons with disabilities and supporters at Manitoba Round Tables on Disability and other consultations hosted by the Disabilities Issues Office since 2001.

We encourage you to add your voice to the discussion and provide input to help shape Manitoba's new provincial strategy for persons with disabilities. You will find specific questions at the end of each section. Please send your responses and briefs on Opening Doors to openingdoors@gov.mb.ca or on our feedback page.