Another hip new Halifax store shuns wheelchair users
In the Barrier Capital of Canada, your business can exclude customers using wheelchairs as long as it's located in a building that never accommodated wheelchairs. Take Fox Hill Farm's trendy new Halifax outlet on Robie Street. The previous tenant sold computers. Selling organic milk and cheese is deemed not to be a change of use. The law, in its wisdom, says that if a property's use has not changed, it's refusal to accommodate wheelchair users needn't change either. Here's Fox Hill's front door. Two steps. No wheelchair users need apply. But wait! A sign on the front door promises an accessible entrance to the side of the building: And here it is....