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"Soccer fan doesn't want to pay more for accessible seats" – CBCnews, May 14, 2015 - Duration: 3:21.
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[news anchor] In just a few weeks,
one of the biggest soccer franchises in the world is coming to Toronto,
and one of Manchester City's biggest fans
wants to sit with fellow supporters.
But because he needs a wheelchair to get around, he can't.
Daniel Stone is also being asked to pay more for those accessible seats.
Charlsie Agro joins us live now
with more on the CBC News Toronto exclusive.
Charlie- Charlsie rather, what's the issue here?
[Charlsie Agro] Well, Dwight, here's the thing –
like so many soccer fans in our city, Daniel Stone saw an advertisement
offering seats in the Man City section for as low as 60 dollars.
He needs three seats –
one for himself, his wife, who supports him, and his son.
But he learned that there's no accessible seating in that section,
and in order to sit in an accessible seat,
they cost as much as three times as much.
And, as you could imagine, he's fairly disappointed.
[soccer fans cheering and chanting]
Like so many from the UK, football is life for Daniel Stone.
The diehard Manchester City fan grew up watching his hometown team.
Even after he moved to Canada,
Stone would return at least once a year to take in a game.
These days, Stone watches from home.
His trips across the pond postponed indefinitely
after a brain injury made travel nearly impossible.
His speech also suffered – a tablet helps him talk.
[Daniel through tablet] This is the first time
that Manchester City have played in Toronto.
[Charlsie] When Stone went to buy tickets
to watch his favourite franchise in the designated supporter section,
where some sell for 60 dollars, he couldn't.
There's no accessible seating in that part of the stadium.
[Daniel] I would have to pay more.
[Charlsie] You'd have to pay more. [Daniel] Yes.
[Charlsie] The accessible seats he did find
are two sections over and cost more than 100 dollars each.
Stone needs three – one for himself, wife, and son.
[Daniel through tablet] The policy in England
is that a companion gets in for free.
In Toronto, a companion has to pay for a ticket.
This is different from, say, the movies,
where a companion is free.
[Charlsie] MLSE says its policy is to have companions pay for a seat
to any event at all of its venues.
It encourages anyone with accessibility needs
to reach out to fan services.
For Stone, the idea anyone with accessibility needs
would be asked to pay more, ever, is simply unfair.
[Daniel through tablet] I do not feel that this has been handled well.
[Charlsie] Now, after we reached out to MLSE,
the company says it would very much like for Mr. Stone to contact him.
MLSE says it plans to honour that 60 dollar per ticket price
for Mr. Stone and his family
in the closest section to that Man City area
where there is an accessible seat for him.
Mr. Stone says he will purchase three tickets to that game.
MLSE also says that one percent of all seats
here at the newly renovated BMO Field are accessible,
and that that does fall within provincial standards.
Reporting live from, not far from BMO Field,
I'm Charlsie Agro.
[woman] Great story. Thank you Charlsie. [music plays and stops]
[Dwight] All right Charlsie, thank you.
Good news for Mr. Stone there, but this is a bigger issue.
It's been ten years since Ontario passed the law
requiring the province to become fully accessible by 2025.
[co-anchor] Well, despite this move forward,
critics say the law hasn't lived up to its great potential.
And joining us to talk about the state of accessibility
in our province, specifically here in the GTA,
is disabilities advocate David Lepofsky.
Thanks for bringing with us tonight.
[David Lepofsky] Thanks for inviting me.
[woman] David, is it unusual to hear
about the kind of problems that Daniel Stone faced
when he was trying to get accessible seating?
[David] People with disabilities face too many barriers,
whether it's getting into buildings,
it's people with guide dogs being told they can't go into a restaurant,
or trying to find an accessible cab.
Just the basic things that everybody else takes for granted.
And when they say that they've got one percent of the seats are accessible,
do you know that up to 18 percent of the public
now have different kinds of disabilities?
And that number's gonna grow as people, people age.
So, that... that doesn't really, uh, take into account
the number of us that are out there and the growing number of people
with different disabilities that will be out there,
since everybody gets a disability if you live long enough.
[Dwight] And how are we doing, David,
when you look at the big picture?
[David] Well, we have made progress
since the law was passed ten years ago,
and the government of Ontario gets credit for passing it,
but they've dropped the ball.
The fact is that they're not moving quickly enough.
And that's not just what I and the disability advocates
that I... I'm associated with think.
The government appointed their own independent review,
they were required to do so,
to ask how we're doing and take our temperature.
It reported, and that report, released a couple of months ago,
says that this law, after ten years,
has not made a significant difference
in the lives of people with disabilities.
And it calls on the government, including the Premier herself,
to show strong, new leadership on accessibility
if we're to get back on schedule for full accessibility by 2025,
which is what the law requires.
[co-anchor] Well, we're gonna- about to face a really big test on that.
The Pan Am and Parapan Am Games
are going to be here less than two months time.
Is the GTA, in your opinion,
ready to handle this influx of people with varying degrees of accessibility?
Well, they're expecting a quarter of a million tourists.
That'll include a lot of people with disabilities.
They're expecting f- 1,600 para-athletes.
Inside the, the stadiums and the, and the Athletes' Village,
we're expecting they're gonna be state of the art accessible.
But people don't just live there, they venture outside.
And if you go outside that bubble,
it's gonna be really hard to find an accessible place to eat,
find accessible transit to get around,
and even to find a place to go to the bathroom.
And the government, to its- uh, uh, unfortunately,
has not done a good job of creating an accessibility legacy
in our tourism sector,
so that the billion people with disabilities around the world
will see us as a place
that they wanna come and spend their money in the future.
[Dwight] Yeah, and as a blind man living in the city,
you deal with this every day – David, thank you for joining us.
[David] Thank you.
[Dwight] Remember, if you have any stories
you want us to investigate, send us an email,
tonews@cbc.ca.
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She has worked to create family wage jobs at the Port and made it possible for students
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Princess Leonor of Spain poses for first solo portrait - Duration: 3:23.
All hail the future queen! Leonor of Spain poses for her first official solo portrait to mark her 12th birthday - as the monarch gradually prepares the princess for her future role
She will one day be Queen of Spain and Princess Leonor is already preparing for her royal role at the tender age of 12.
Spains Casa Real has released the first official solo portrait of the young Princess to mark her 12th birthday, which she celebrated yesterday.
The youngster enjoyed her day privately with friends at school and at the family home, according to Royal Central.
She brought sweets into school for her classmates at Santa Maria de los Rosales in Madrid as she did last year when she baked cookies to share for the occasion.
King Felipe and Queen Letizia are fiercely protective of the privacy of their daughters Leonor and her younger sister Sofía, but the release of the portrait is a sign the monarchy is gradually preparing the elder girl for her future role.
The youngster has appeared in official photoshoots with her parents before, but never on her own.
Leonors portrait was taken on Spains National Day when she and her sister Princess Sofia, 10, joined their parents for the official celebrations.
In addition to National Day, the girls are usually seen in public at Easter Mass, and in official portraits with their parents released twice a year.
The family also made a rare public appearance together earlier this year, when they were joined by the former King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia for Princess Sofias First Communion.
At birth, Leonor was Her Royal Highness Infanta Leonor of Spain, butLeonor became the new Princess of Asturias when her grandfather King Juan Carlos abdicated in June 2014.
When she eventually ascends the throne she will be Spains first queen regent since 1833, when Isabel II became monarch.
Already fluent in English, she studies Mandarin, French and Arabic at school and is expected to follow in her fathers footsteps by moving abroad for her university education.
King Felipe studied law at the University of Madrid before taking a Masters in Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
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