YOUR BUSINESS WEBSITE COULD COST YOU $250,000 IN FINES
DON'T WORRY...WE HAVE A SOLUTION
The Government of Canada is currently working towards making Canada a more inclusive, barrier-free country, in both the physical and digital worlds. This will impact you and your organization, you will be required to take action. To help make it easier to understand the requirements we have compiled overview of current and proposed legislation to keep you on top of accessibility requirements and timelines. We also offer your business a very easy and inexpensive solution to make your website compliant today and avoid future lawsuits and fines.
The Accessible Canada Act (Bill C-81)
One of the purposes of the act is to prevent accessibility barriers in information and communication technologies, including digital content and the technologies used to access it. Requirements of this act, including web accessibility, will likely follow WCAG. Organizations under federal jurisdiction are required to comply, or face a fine of up to $250,000.
The Good News
The Bad News
Private or non-profit organizations with more than 50 employees, were required to be WCAG 2.0 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) Level AA on January 1, 2021.
All other business websites will be mandated to follow suit on January 1, 2025. So you have a some time.
In order to meet compliance WCAG 2.0 Level AA. Your business website will require a complete coding overhaul or you can simply have a couple lines of code installed on your current website that helps make it compliant. Compliance Companies are already offering this option for really high prices, starting over $400/month for small business and over $3100/month for enterprises.
But Don't Worry
Captive Audience Media can provide our Accessibility Widget to make your current website completely compliant for a little as $19/month. Our pricing won't stay that way for long! We will be increasing this price multiple times before the January 1, 2025 deadline. But, if you act now not only will you be be getting in on the ground floor, and we will hold your price as long as you stay as our client. No increases ever!