Hi,

I posted this message a while ago, but I found it was not sent in reply to
the list - just to the sender of the original message.  As for the
decision's affect on other vocations and education, I fear the decision
will set it all backward.  And to think we in Canada constantly raved that
we needed an ADA.  Anyway the message I originally sent follows:
I was so very angry today.  Being so upset made me feel sick.  I was
listening to prairie public telvision (PBS) news this evening, and I was
totally disgusted with a guy who thought this Supreme Court decision was
good and just.  As a Canadian, I was aghast at the general disregard for
disability by employers in the U.S.A..  Has it come to that:  economics
takes presidence over one's health and welbeing?  I should say Canada can
be just as bad, but I will take the Charter of Rights and Freedoms over the
ADA.  This woman with the work injury and disability should be applauded
for not giving up and continueing to try and work instead of taking a
worker's compensation claim.  Not that worker's compensation should not be
given to her anyway for her loyalty to the company she works for.  Toyota's
compensation premiums would go up in this country for having a lot of
people getting injured and going on worker's compensation.  This woman
should be treated like a queen for not putting the economic pressure on
Toyota.  On CBC Radio I heard someone say that a country's society could be
judged by how it treats its citizens with disabilities.  If this measure is
applied, I am afraid the ratings are low in both countries if a business's
economics or profit takes presidence over people.
Ross Eadie
Voice:  (204) 339-5287