07-07-2020, 05:38 PM
(07-07-2020, 05:08 PM)KevinL Wrote:(07-07-2020, 04:07 PM)bgb_ca Wrote: So all they have to say is "I have a medical condition" and that's it.
As far as I am concerned, they should get their doctor to send a request to Waterloo Regional Health, who should provide them with an exception card or something if asked by bylaw.
My understanding is that sort of thing is tricky from a human rights standpoint; it's similar with guide dogs and other accommodations. You cannot be compelled to disclose anything related to a medical condition, even if the condition is not specified.
I don’t see the problem. For people who sincerely need this accommodation, getting some sort of credential from the medical system is not an unreasonable burden; and once they have it, they don’t need to tell anybody anything else other than that they do indeed have the credential.
There seems to be a school of thought which basically says that people needing an accommodation shouldn’t ever have to do anything to obtain it; but that is inconsistent with the whole concept of stuff being mandatory. And in our society, I don’t see how it can work to have everything being optional. Things like vaccines for school kids and obeying traffic laws can’t just be things that are only done by unusually civic-minded individuals.