Poll:
Will the Canadian Disability Benefit receive it's funding in the Liberal Federal Budget 2022 presented tomorrow by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland?
As a disabled person, Since '21 I've had the "option" of using MAID due to the C7 amendments rushed through removing the safeguards surrounding it. (Even before the mental illness option for MAID opens in '23) I wasn't able to prior.
By keeping me trapped in legislated poverty, the government is keeping my quality of life poor. I can't afford basic necessities life therapy, rent or medicine. The gov is actively pushing me toward MAID by keeping my quality of life poor with the only other "option" is MAID.
Because of this whole MAID - coerciveness issue, the gov should put urgency on eliminating legislated poverty. Instead, year after year they fund "studies" & "research" to see what disabled folks need instead of actually helping us directly with funds. Will this year be a repeat?
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I've said this a thousand times but I need to state it again after #Budget2022 was officially revealed.
The lack of the #CanadianDisabilityBenefit being on the budget not only breaks promises (Liberals promised to make the CDB, NDP promised to lift disabled folks from poverty) –
It shows that the coercive amendments to MAID in which the Liberals led the rushing through of are meant to be there. It shows that the government is willfully offering disabled people only two choices: forced poverty, or death.
It shows 🇨🇦 is attempting to thrive with eugenics.
- For dangling benefits over disabled people during the election, then not following through
- for acknowledging that disabled people live in forced poverty numerous times, but not doing anything about it
- for playing jurisdiction ping pong with Premiers they know won't help
I'll never forget Qualtrough's grin on her face when MAiD was brought up in the Disability debate this year.
I'll never forget how Trudeau insisted on rushing through C7 without any plans in action to improve disabled lives by relieving forced poverty first...during a pandemic.
It's definitely a power move to write someone's full name 3 times in a tweet going off about things no one ever even implied without tagging them when you are mutual followers.
This isn't the 1st time she has done this, and it won't be the last.
It's really unfortunate.
I don't know if it's that they are pissed that someone else has talked to MPs on this issue, or that others have passionate opinions on this issue
Either way, no one should be acting this immature about *checks notes* someone giving info they've recieve from official sources.
It angers me the Conservatives are using the MAID expansion (ability for those solely with mental health issues to use it by 2023) to boost their campaign.
CPC are against it due to religious motives against MAID as a whole, not bc it's a human rights issue. 1/ #MAID#cdnpoli
An example of this would be Erin O'Toole's saying doctors should be able to turn down a suffering patient when they request MAID.
If they truely viewed MAID as a human right, they wouldn't be trying to allow it to be denied it to a suffering patient. globalnews.ca/news/8124803/e… 2/
If the Conservatives viewed the MAID amendments as a human rights issue instead of MAID as a religious issue, they'd have plans to lessen suffering by bring disabled folx out of legislated poverty.
Reality? They only plan to help working disabled folx.