Al Etmanski and Kathleen O’Grady, The Globe and Mail, August 4, 2020 A decision to issue one-time, $600 federal payments to Canadians with disabilities, in order to cover the extraordinary expenses they have incurred because of COVID-19, has finally received royal assent. But it is too little, too late, and reaches too few. The $600…
Christine Long, CTV News Montreal Entertainment Reporter, and Selena Ross, CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter, July 21, 2020 In 2016, Sean Fitzgibbon starred in an Air Canada promotional video about inclusion. It showed him on the job, working as a stock-keeper. He was also given the company’s award of excellence for his service. So it…
CBC News, July 21, 2020 Legislation introduced by the Liberal government to change the federal wage subsidy and provide relief to people with disabilities passed the House of Commons today by unanimous consent. The legislation, C-20, expands the number of companies that qualify for the wage subsidy, changes the amount companies can put toward their…
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Gus Alexiou, Contributor, Forbes, June 23, 2020 A report due to be launched this week by disability advocacy organization Inclusion London affirms the fear many disabled people have experienced throughout the pandemic over being denied life-saving treatment, should they become seriously ill with coronavirus. In the report entitled, Abandoned, forgotten and ignored – the impact…
Dr. Jennifer Zwicker, deputy chief scientific officer for Kids Brain Health Network, Calgary Herald, June 17, 2020 The federal government recently announced a one-time, federal tax-free payment for Disability Tax Credit recipients intended to reduce financial barriers for persons with disabilities during the pandemic. This proposed bill failed to secure unanimous consent in the House…
The Agenda with Steve Paikin, TVO, May 8, 2020 More than 2.5 million Ontarians live with a disability. Many of them are seniors, one of the most vulnerable groups when it comes to contracting COVID-19. How has Ontario’s response been toward ensuring people with disabilities are protected from the disease and are safely and effectively…
a slap in the facefor Ontarians scraping by on disability payments
Omar Dabaghi-Pacheco, CBC News, May 3, 2020 Some Ontarians who rely on provincial disability support say the federal government’s new emergency benefit for people affected by COVID-19 is laying bare a double standard when it comes to the question of what’s considered a livable income. The federal government’s Canada Emergency Relief Benefit (CERB) provides about…
David Lepofsky, Contributor Opinion, The Star, April 20, 2020 Media have reported on some of the most extreme COVID-19 impacts on people with disabilities, the tip of a horrific iceberg, like the government’s scandalous failure to effectively protect residents in nursing homes and independent living residences. Let me reveal a worrisome but unreported thread running…
Samantha Renke, Metro News, April 7, 2020 Mike Marsland says: I have been referred to as vulnerable a lot over the past few weeks. Although, as someone with a disability, I am no stranger to the word, according to society, vulnerable is almost synonymous with having an impairment. Up until now, however, I had not…
Antonella Artuso, Toronto Sun, April 7, 2020 A document that has left people with disabilities scared they’ll be denied an intensive care bed or ventilator during the COVID-19 pandemic is just a draft, Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott says. The Clinical Triage Protocol for Major Surge in COVID Pandemic, a copy obtained by the Toronto…
