Disability Justice Lens Missing From Party Platforms, Advocates Warn

Gabrielle Peters, The Maple, August 30, 2021
With a federal election underway, Peters said she and other disabled people have been left feeling like an “add on.” “We’re still not being a major component of any of the parties’ thought processes,” said Peters. As a result, she sees that most political parties are offering only slight changes to the status quo without addressing deeper injustices faced by people with disabilities. Party Platforms Fall Short. The Liberal Party has not yet released its election platform. Erin O’Toole’s Conservative Party, meanwhile, is promising to increase the disability supplement of the Canada Workers Benefit from $713 to $1,500. She noted that the NDP also eventually came out against Bill C-7, but that the party has not said anything about it in its election platform.