Should Alberta Expand Disability Parking Placard Eligibility?
Official title: Parking placards and plates for persons with disabilities engagement
Alberta is reviewing who qualifies for disability parking placards and plates. Right now, people with sensory impairments like blindness or deafness don't qualify. The province is also looking at cutting red tape—like eliminating in-person renewals for people with permanent disabilities.
Why This Matters
Use a disability parking placard? This review could change who qualifies and how you renew. If you're blind or deaf, you might finally become eligible. Have a permanent disability? You may not need to visit a registry office anymore just to renew.
What Could Change
Eligibility could expand to include sensory impairments like blindness and deafness. People with permanent disabilities may be able to renew online instead of in person. Alberta may also create a new regulatory authority to enforce the program and crack down on misuse.
Key Issues
- Should eligibility expand to include sensory impairments like blindness and deafness?
- Should people with permanent disabilities be able to renew without visiting a registry agent?
- Should Alberta create a regulatory authority to enforce program requirements?
How to Participate
- Review the current program requirements on the disability parking placard page to understand what's being reviewed.
- Visit this consultation page to find how to submit your feedback.