Dear @jwaldag, @Shafqat_Ali_1, @AryaCanada & @JaimeBattiste
This past Friday was the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. It is now the second which has come and gone with no tangible movement towards the promised "#CanadaDisabilityBenefit" while at the same time 1/9
This past Friday was the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. It is now the second which has come and gone with no tangible movement towards the promised "#CanadaDisabilityBenefit" while at the same time 1/9
It' the second year in a row that another Party has attempted to pass a Federal #Disability Benefit in which your party has rejected. If you want a short statement about my thoughts then it's simple.. "Shit or get off the pot".
If you want something more eloquent, read on.. 2/9
If you want something more eloquent, read on.. 2/9
Now I don't know just how many Disabled people there are who depends on #CPPD, #ODSP, #AISH, #SAID, and all the others without cute 4 letter short forms but I can tell you combined they account for roughly 50% of the homeless..
(at least in Ont..) and the homelessness issue 3/9
(at least in Ont..) and the homelessness issue 3/9
hasn't even started to get REALLY bad yet.
it's bad. its horrible and a lot of people are not going to see the spring because the dam which is holding them in their homes is crumbling.. But it hasn't completely collapsed yet. When it does.. (and it will without action)
4/9
it's bad. its horrible and a lot of people are not going to see the spring because the dam which is holding them in their homes is crumbling.. But it hasn't completely collapsed yet. When it does.. (and it will without action)
4/9
You will have literally tens of thousands of #Disabled Homeless people in every major City in every Province in Canada. 45% below poverty does not pay the rent when the average cost of rent is 75% of the Poverty line.
These people need you to pass legislation,
5/9
These people need you to pass legislation,
5/9
which gets job of keeping these people in their homes done. This same legislation would also start to help reverse the homelessness problem all in one fell swoop.
Even if you pass one at a "stabilization level" and then amend it with whatever changes your team wishes later 6/9
Even if you pass one at a "stabilization level" and then amend it with whatever changes your team wishes later 6/9
to improve it and put your mark on it, so be it.
These people need help -Today-.
Not in three years.
Not after a needless study.
Not to be used as a carrot for the NEXT election.
they need it now or many will not SEE the next election.
You won't get their votes by default. 7/9
These people need help -Today-.
Not in three years.
Not after a needless study.
Not to be used as a carrot for the NEXT election.
they need it now or many will not SEE the next election.
You won't get their votes by default. 7/9
The Disabled Community needs you to set aside party and political agenda and do the Canadian thing.
Help people who need help.
When another country is in trouble,
Canada is the first to raise it's hand to help.
You have Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of Canadians 8/9
Help people who need help.
When another country is in trouble,
Canada is the first to raise it's hand to help.
You have Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of Canadians 8/9
In distress, right this moment and the only thing stopping them from getting the support they need in order to see the next election.. in order to see next spring, is you saying Yay instead of Nay to the next attempt to pass a Disability Benefit. Touch it up after. help now. 9/9
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