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3 facts you need to know
About the Guide Dog and Service Dog Act – Bill 17
By Bill Bennett,
Kootenay East MLA
1. Guide and service dogs provide a true lifeline for many British Columbians. The proposed changes to the act will ensure the people who use guide or service dogs to perform critical daily tasks or services, have improved access to restaurants, transit vehicles and any place to which the public is invited.
2. New, high training standards for guide and service dogs will be put into place to strengthen public safety. There will be new requirements around visible identification to make it clear to business owners, landlords and transit staff that a dog accompanying someone is fully certified.
3. The changes will clarify tenancy rights to ensure individuals with guide and service dogs – including retired dogs – are not being prevented from keeping them in their residence. This proposed legislation delivers on a commitment made in Accessibility 2024.
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