It’s time to confront how Canada is failing people with disabilities

How we treat, and develop policies for, people with disabilities are all proofs of concept for Canadian administrative violence.

On July 1, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party government will largely replace the province's long-standing Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped disability program with the Alberta Disability Assistance Program—a massive program cut in everything name, writes Eric Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

June 17, 2026

CALGARY—This was a tough one to write, so living in it is a death sentence.

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