Disability Without Poverty
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Get the Canada Disability Benefit funded ASAP. We are inclusive, led by disabled people, grassroots based. RTs ❌ endorsements. En français: @LeHandicap_SP
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"A national disability benefit needs to be equal or greater than CERB as the federal government set the bar of what a person needs to live in today's at $2000/ month, anything less is saying we're not worthy as people."
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#CDBBy23
#LetsGetItDone
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While we are happy that Farsoud has decided not to pursue MAiD, the fact that he was saved by GoFundMe is a sign of failure of multiple levels of govt policy.
#AidNotMAiD
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#CDBby23
#LetsGetItDone
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PRESS RELEASE: A Good Life, Not Assisted Death: Disabled People Call on Parliament to Fast-track Bill C-22, the Canada Disability Benefit, this Tuesday!
We'll continue applying pressure to make the CDB a reality ASAP for who have been forced to wait too long.
#CDBby23
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PRESS RELEASE
We ask that time be found in the House calendar for the necessary statutory debates with haste. All elected officials are asked to make Bill C-22 a top priority to reach Royal Assent before June 23.
#RatifyBillC22
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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MAiD is NOT an acceptable solution to inadequate disability supports across this country.
How many stories like Michael's will it take for govts of all levels to stop looking away and start taking action to
#EndDisabilityPoverty
?
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Disappointing to see 0$ for the
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
in today's Fall Economic Statement.
Without a commitment to adequate income support
#PWD
will continue to live in poverty .
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#BudgetTheBenefit
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Let's celebrate the all-party support Bill C-22 got today!
Disability rights is non-partisan, and this spirit of cooperation among the different parties is what we need to continue if people with disabilities are to get money in their bank accounts as early as possible.
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Asking all disability/health related organizations to follow suit. Post your own statement and let people know they are safe accessing your services and that MAiD is not the solution to address poverty and lack of services and support, no matter what some would have you believe.
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89% of Canadians support a Canada Disability Benefit to
#EndDisabilityPoverty
.
43 Senators and 76 MPs have signed Open Letters also are asking for this bill to be tabled ASAP.
Let’s join them and ask
#WheresTheBill
?
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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People with disabilities want to be able to buy groceries, pay rent, and afford their accessibility equipment and medication.
Ask your MP to get the Canada Disability Benefit to 2nd reading as early as possible in the fall.
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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We are thrilled to share this letter today – supported by the leaders of over 75 stakeholder organizations requesting Bill C-22 for a
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
be called for a second reading before the House rises for the summer recess.
#LetsGetItDone
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PRESS RELEASE
Disability and food justice organizations call for immediate tabling of Canada Disability Benefit
#DisaiblityRights
#FoodJustice
#WheresTheBill
?
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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The solution to food insecurity was NEVER more food banks.
People with disabilities are 3X more likely to be food insecure.
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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COMING TUESDAY!!!
Senate has Bill C-22 at the top of its agenda for June 20
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Join our movement! We’re excited to share this powerful video calling for a Canada Disability Benefit. Now more than ever, we need your support. Watch, RT & send to your MP
#wheresthebill
@canada
@JyotiGondek
@tomkmiec
@MikeMorrisforBC
@theJagmeetSingh
@StephanieKusie
@CQualtro
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Join us to urge Parliament to pass critical disability justice legislation.
When: Wednesday, October 19th, at 12pm
Where: Parliament Hill
#CDBBy23
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#LetsGetItDone
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PRESS RELEASE:
High-profile politicians, community leaders, academics, artists, athletes send joint message to Prime Minister Trudeau to fast track the Canada Disability Benefit
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Good evening!
Bill C-22 has made it onto the agenda for tomorrow afternoon!
Let's do what we can to encourage our elected officials to do the right thing and make the Canada Disability Benefit a reality ASAP!
#CDBBy23
#LetsGetItDone
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"Suicides in 🇨🇦 went up after MAID’s introduction in 2016, but in 2020, after the government sent $2,000 CERB cheques to so many, rates fell by 15 %. That raises even more uncomfortable questions."
RT
@althiaraj
via
@TorontoStar
#AidNotMAiD
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"So what? I have two degrees. This doesn't make me more deserving than someone who holds no degrees. Everyone deserves an income that provides enough money to live on with dignity."
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#LetsGetItDone
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PRESS RELEASE:
Disability poverty advocates applaud the NDP motion today calling on the federal government to re-offer the
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
#WheresTheBill
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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Disabled Canadians deserve to afford essentials. Let’s get the bill on the table and fast track it.
#WheresTheBill
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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Moving people with disabilities out of poverty means always having enough money for food and rent. Let’s get the bill on the table and fast track it.
#WheresTheBill
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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Saturday marked three years (1094 days) since the promise of a
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
in the Throne Speech.
We continue to wait for $$$.
#BudgetTheBenefit
now!
#EndDisabilityPoverty
@JustinTrudeau
@cafreeland
@KamalKheraLib
@PierrePoilievre
@theJagmeetSingh
@ElizabethMay
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People with disabilities want to be able to buy groceries, pay rent, and afford their accessibility equipment and medication. Let’s get the bill on the table and fast track it.
#WheresTheBill
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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The petition was presented this morning, folks!
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
Today I am honoured to bring the voices of 17,874 Canadians into the
#HouseofCommons
.
The petition they've signed tells our neighbours with disabilities they are valued members of our communities.
#disabilitywithoutpoverty
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
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📢 SIGN THE PETITION 📢
Tell Trudeau to:
Fast-track the design and implementation of the Canada Disability Benefit
@marchofdimescda
@Race_Disability
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There should be no further expansion of MAiD in 🇨🇦 until Ottawa & the provinces invest in publicly funded mental-health care, + social housing for people with physical and mental disabilities, and easy access to social supports.
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HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Bill
#C22
(Canada
#Disability
Benefit) is being tabled on TUESDAY June 13!
Excited to get this passed!
#cdnpoli
#pwd
#RatifyC22
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"Disabled people in poverty need this benefit and they need it now.
Let’s hurry up and regulate this benefit so that disabled Canadians in poverty can have some relief and can live with dignity."
#BudgetTheBenefit
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📢BREAKING NEWS📢
The Government will re-table Canada Disability Benefit legislation before the end of June.
Encourage your MP to do what it takes to get the Canada Disability Benefit into bank accounts by 2023!
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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Moving people with disabilities out of poverty means always having enough money for necessities like food, hydro, rent and phone or internet. Let’s get the bill on the table and fast track it.
#WheresTheBill
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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We are grateful to
@morricemike
for his tireless advocacy in the fight against disability poverty.
Write/call/meet your MP today and ask them to make Bill C-22 a top priority when the
#HOC
returns on Jan 30.
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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Next stop for Bill C-22: Royal Assent!
🙏♥️ to all Senators, MPs, and countless witnesses on both SOCI and HUMA committees for getting us to today.
#EndDisabilityPoverty
.
@SenMarcGold
's motion, in response to the message from the House of Commons relating to the Senate's amendments to Bill
#C22
, has been adopted:
#SenCA
#CdnPoli
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People with disabilities want to be able to afford the costs of medication, services, equipment, and treatment. All of it. Plus rent and food. Every month.
Let’s get the bill on the table and fast track it.
#WheresTheBill
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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PRESS RELEASE:
Some positive signs from yesterday’s budget, which will bring the Canada Disability Benefit closer to reality.
However, these won’t pay the rent or put food on the table for PWD living in poverty today.
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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People with disabilities want to participate in every aspect of society. They deserve to live their best lives, with dignity, independence, and autonomy.
Ask your MP to get the Canada Disability Benefit to 2nd reading as early as possible in September.
#LetsGetItDone
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📢 SIGN THE PETITION📢
We need all-party support to:
Fast-track the design and implementation of the Canada Disability Benefit
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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"Government also needs to recognize invisible disabilities that can cause people to have bad days where they need support and good days where they don't, such as fibromyalgia, arthritis, chronic fatigue, etc..."
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#LetsGetItDone
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"I’m 18 and disabled I can’t even imagine how I’m going to survive in the future. I have fought so hard to be here and now my entire future is something I’m going to have to keep fighting and fighting just to have the right to live a normal life."
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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TOMORROW 2pm ET
Senate to discuss House of Commons' response to Bill C22.
Will the Canada Disability Benefit be headed for Royal Assent?
Watch here:
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📢WATCH PARTY📢
The petition regarding a Canada Disability Benefit is set to be presented at the House of Commons on Thurs Feb 10 at 10am ET.
Tune in to watch this important milestone live!
English-French translation and captioning available.
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People with disabilities deserve to be in relationships without financial discrimination.
The time is NOW to move people with disabilities out of poverty.
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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"The government, MPs and senators must find a way to pass the bill into law before the end of June."
- Rabia Khedr, our National Director
#RatifyBillC22
#LetsGetItDone
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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Let’s move 1.4 million disabled Canadians out of poverty without delay! Let’s not wait any longer. Let’s get the bill on the table and fast track it.
#WheresTheBill
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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How many more stories like this will it take?
Something is seriously wrong when people with disabilities are choosing MAiD to escape poverty.
#AidNotMAiD
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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Thank you to all who signed!
Now that the e-petition is certified, it will be presented to the House of Commons, after which the government will be required to table response.
We will make a guaranteed livable income for people with disability a reality!
The House of Commons Petition to fast-track the Canada Disability Benefit, a basic income for Canadians with disabilities, just closed this morning with 17,800+ signatures (4th highest).
Big kudos to MP
@morricemike
for authorizing this e-petition!
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Budget 2024 is April 16. As we approach budget day, the National Disability Network calls on the govt to adequately fund the CDB in Budget 2024. On Feb 9th we wrote to govt with our recommendations.
See our brief here -> CDB Budget Brief
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"A life with disability should not mean a life in poverty. Persons with disabilities should do more than ‘just survive.’ We want to contribute as creative and caring members of the community."
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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We wish to thank each and every MP that signed the Open Letter organized by MP
@morricemike
calling on the federal government to immediately reintroduce legislation for a
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
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Let’s move 1.4 million disabled Canadians out of poverty without delay! Let’s not wait any longer!
Ask your MP to get the bill on the table and fast track it today.
#WheresTheBill
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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Here is our statement on today's federal budget.
We believe all people with disabilities deserve to live with dignity, independence and autonomy.
No mention of poverty reduction for people with disabilities.
#WheresTheBill
?
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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"People with disabilities cannot afford to keep waiting. Parliament must pass Bill C-22 this spring." RT
@RabiaKhedr
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#BudgetTheBenefit
#LetsGetItDone
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People with disabilities can't wait any longer!
#RatifyBillC22
#BudgetTheBenefit
#EndDisabilityPoverty
It was another busy day in the
@HoCChamber
as the
@ndp
pushes this Liberal government to make the Canada Disability Benefit a reality. 👇
#CDB
#coquitlam
#anmore
#portcoquitlam
#portMoody
#humanRights
#DERB
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News story that gives context to the importance of
@morricemike
reading the petition on a Canada Disability Benefit.
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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TODAY - 12:30 PM
People with disabilities can't afford to wait.
Poverty doesn't take a vacation.
WHAT: Rally for Bill C22 to receive Royal Assent ASAP
WHERE: Parliament Hill
Please join us!
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On June 7 we will:
✸ Ask the Finance Minister to
#BudgetTheBenefit
✸ Demand that MPs
#RatifyBillC22
ASAP
Will you join us?
Wed June 7, 12:30pm
Parliament Hill
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#LetsGetItDone
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PRESS RELEASE:
Government progress incomplete, as people with disabilities continue to struggle in deep poverty
People with disabilities living alone--especially women with disabilities--are disproportionately impacted by poverty.
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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What do we want? A united movement calling for all-party support to move people with disabilities out of poverty.
When do we want it? Now!
#WheresTheBill
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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"Senate opponents say they will support Bill C-22 even without the amendment".
We shall see whether the Senate keeps their word on this TOMORROW.
#RatifyBillC22
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We invite you to come to our first Twitter Space dedicated to the
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
!
Featuring
@ManuelBrent3207
as a co-host, and
@CathyBrowne
@morricemike
@mssingabout
and
@RabiaKhedr
as panelists.
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$6/day will not achieve the
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
's goal of removing people with disabilities from poverty.
We call on the govt to increase investment in the 2024 Fall Economic Statement.
Read our joint statement from the National Disability Network:
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PRESS RELEASE
Yesterday was an historic day in the path of achieving Royal Assent for Bill C-22.
We applaud the efforts of all MPs for expeditiously passing 3rd Reading for the CDB.
#LetsGetItDone
#CDBby23
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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People with disabilities know best what the
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
needs to look like.
Want to have your input included?
Want to help shape the Canada Disability Benefit?
Fill out online questionnaire at: .
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“I don’t think most Canadians have an appreciation of the struggles of people with disabilities living in poverty. “I think they assume that if you’re disabled, you’re taken care of.” RT
@princepolity
#WheresTheBill
?
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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Excellent news!
The Canadian Labour Congress is in solidarity with us in our demands for a
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
#WheresTheBill
?
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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“People don’t get to choose whether or not they have a health issue or have an accident and can’t work.”
#BudgetTheBenefit
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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PRESS RELEASE:
17,800+ Canadians ask federal government to make the Canada Disability Benefit a priority
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
@CBCNews
@CTVNews
@globeandmail
@globalnews
@TorontoStar
@nationalpost
@CathyBrowne
@AmiraElghawaby
@picardonhealth
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People with disabilities need financial relief and they need it now.
Persons with disabilities in Canada are punished by poverty... it’s affecting their health, wellness and longevity.
#BudgetTheBenefit
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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If you're curious, Bill C-22 will be up for Second Reading tomorrow in the Senate around 2pm.
There's a Senator channel on ParlVu where you can watch.
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People with disabilities want to contribute to their local businesses by being able to afford basic necessities, but they struggle to feed their families and pay rent. Let’s get the bill on the table and fast track it.
#WheresTheBill
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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"Provincial disability benefits are failing them, falling well below the poverty line. Too many people with disabilities are considering dying from despair."
RT
@RabiaKhedr
#WheresTheBill
?
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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The legislated poverty of people with disabilities must end now.
#CDBBy23
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#LetsGetItDone
Everyone deserves a liveable wage and decent working conditions. It's staggering how little folks are expected to survive on nowadays, especially people with disabilities who are expected to accept a life of poverty.
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Over 17,800 people signed the petition to fast track the Canada Disability Benefit! Let’s get the bill on the table and fast track it.
#WheresTheBill
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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"We can build a disability benefit without barriers and now is the time to do it. People with disabilities in Canada have waited long enough. Let’s get on with the job."
#RatifyBillC22
#LetsGetItDone
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We have the opportunity to get people with disabilities out of poverty. What are we waiting for? Let’s get the bill on the table and fast track it.
#WheresTheBill
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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"The amount needs to be reasonable to live on, it MUST be indexed to inflation. It needs to be designed so a future government cannot gut it."
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#LetsGetItDone
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TOMORROW
WHAT: Rally
WHEN: 12:30 PM
WHERE: Parliament Hill
Royal Assent for Bill C22 ASAP! Join us!
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"I am dying, and my death is completely preventable.
Poverty magnifies the disability."
A scathing indictment of ableist government policy that prevents many from living lives with dignity.
RT
@IamMADELINEpod
via
@ipoliticsca
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"I’m disabled and from Newfoundland. I get less than $700 dollars a month for income assistance."
The Canada Disability Benefit will make a difference, allowing people with disabilities to live with dignity, autonomy, and independence.
#BudgetTheBenefit
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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Let’s hurry up and regulate this benefit so that disabled Canadians in poverty can have some relief and can live with dignity.
#BudgetTheBenefit
#EndDisablityPoverty
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Louder for the people at the back: Poverty is a govt policy choice!
Let's make better choices! Royal Assent for Bill C22 ASAP!
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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Parliament will debate Bill C-22 on the Canada Disability Benefit today.
All parties need to speak-up and get much-needed support into bank accounts.
People with disabilities and caregivers need help now
#CDBby23
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#LetsGetItDone
5.8 million Canadians can’t access the food they need. And 50% of them have a disability. That’s why we support the creation of the Canada Disability Benefit, which would provide the income needed to put food on the table.
For more info:
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Chronic pain is a full time job. Disabled Canadians deserve to live without pain AND poverty. Let’s get the bill on the table and fast track it.
#WheresTheBill
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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We are looking forward to working with Minister Kamal Khera in getting the Canada Disability Benefit into people's pockets as early as possible.
#BudgetTheBenefit
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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Poverty is a govt policy choice.
Let's choose to give people with disabilities lives full of dignity, independence and autonomy today.
#CDBBy23
#EndDisabilityPoverty
Thank you
@NaheedD
for your advocacy 🙏❤️
“We’re hearing about people who are choosing medical assistance in dying or thinking about it more because they don’t have money to live,” said Dr. Naheed Dosani.
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People with disabilities want to be able to buy groceries, pay rent, and afford their accessibility equipment and medication. They deserve food and housing security like the rest of us.
#DisabilityPoverty
#Disability
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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The Canada Disability Benefit has to be done right, as quickly as possible. Winter is coming.
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#BudgetTheBenefit
It will be many months before Canada's new disability benefit is ready, minister vows to 'get it right'
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People with disabilities need & deserve a livable income.
Urge your MP to prioritize adequate funding for the CDB ASAP
Write your MP
Send a digital postcard
Sign the Petition
#FundTheBenefitNow
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Roughly 40 sitting days for House of Commons until the end of the year.
Bill C-22 needs to pass before then.
We need everyone to tell their MP how important this is to get it passed ASAP. So we can have money into people's bank accounts as early as possible.
#CDBBy23
Yesterday the
@OurCommons
unanimously passed
#BillC22
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
. It was an emotional moment for all of us in the disabled community. Our fight is far from over, but we’re on our way.
#DisabilityAwareness
#ODSP
#ODSPoverty
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"The gap between the rich and the rest in this country has gradually reached toxic levels. Govt support is too meagre, and the cost of food, clothing, accommodation and the rest, too great."
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#CDBBy23
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Having a disability costs a lot of money.
Add on the pandemic and inflation and the plight of people with disabilities have clearly worsened. - Louise Chabot
#CDBBy23
#LetsGetItDone
#EndDisabilityPoverty
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Disabled Canadians deserve to live their best lives, full of dignity, independence, and autonomy. Let’s get the bill on the table and fast track it.
#WheresTheBill
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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"I live in ON with ASD, and even with a rent as low as $800/m (shared between 2 ODSP recipients) we still struggle to make ends meet when it comes to food, often starving at the end of the month.
I want change."
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#LetsGetItDone
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97% of survey respondents agreed that a successful Canada Disability Benefit would actually lift disabled people out of poverty and provide an income that is above Canada’s Official Poverty Line.
Read more here:
#CDBActionNow
#DisabilityWithPossibility
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Disabled Canadians deserve to live with dignity, autonomy, and independence. Let’s get the bill on the table and fast track it.
#WheresTheBill
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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“We will no longer sit by and watch you struggle to make ends meet, struggle to live with dignity, struggle as you live a life of uncertainty and poverty…to make for yourself the life that you wish”. RT
@CQualtro
@JustinTrudeau
@theJagmeetSingh
@PierrePoilievre
#CDBby23
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17,800+ people signed the petition to fast track the Canada Disability Benefit.
First step -
#WheresTheBill
?
#EndDisabilityPoverty
#CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow
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