Just caught up on today’s #HUMA committee on #CDB. I am so impressed by the united message from the disability community - we need benefit so desperately. I was shocked to hear testimony from one of the witnesses 20 years ago ODSP was sufficient for a disabled person … 1/🧵
… to rent housing, albeit at the lowest end of the market. Now, they’re $1k off. That’s so awful - we have lost so much. To hear @samuelragot talk of individualization is so important. Disabled people deserve that dignity of their own money, just like everyone else. 2/🧵
We seem to be stuck in this loop, however, of timelines, amendments, regulations. I will reiterate my thoughts from Monday. We need bureaucracy to work in new ways. We cannot suck time away in old processes that exclude the voices of disabled people. I heard mention … 3/🧵
… today that the committee wants to hear of provincial organizations that do work in this area. I suggest they ask @DisabAllianceBC @BCANDS1 and @planinstitute about the incredible work they do supporting disabled people through benefit applications.
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