Disability policy tests Canadian values

Justice delayed is justice denied, and if we wait for legislation determining all of the details of a perfect benefit, it will be too late for someone else.

Recent increases to provincial disability support programs has put very little real money into the hands of people with disabilities to pay for their basic needs like hygiene products and over the counter pain medications. Most increases don’t even match inflation, writes Rabia Khedr.Image courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY RABIA KHEDR

January 25, 2023

It’s perplexing for us disabled people and advocates that so many media headlines point to the extreme financial struggles of people with disabilities in our inflationary economy while the powers that be continue debating details.

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