BC NDP CRITIC SCOLDS LIBERALS OVER BUS PASS FEE HIKE
The Social Development Critic for the BC NDP is scolding the Christy Clark government over the recent bus pass fee for disabled residents. The province began charging the new fee on September 1st after raising the disability assistance rates to $983 per month which was the first increase in 9 years. Michelle Mungall believes the […]
Disabled Victims of Mass Killing in Japan Are Kept in the Shadows
ZAMA, Japan — A vicious knife attack killed his roommate at a facility for the developmentally disabled in July, but Kazuya Ono does not know that. Mr. Ono, 43, survived slashes to his throat and stomach by the attacker, a former caregiver at the group home, and remains in a hospital nearby. When he is […]
Quit job or put son in foster care
A frustrated south Okanagan father is speaking publicly about his plight in hopes of finding a solution to what he calls an unfair and difficult ultimatum. Kaleden resident and father of three, Brody Bailey, says he’s faced with the option of either quitting his job or giving up his youngest son, Oden Bailey, to foster […]
Deaf man’s human rights case against B.C. settled, but problem persists
Christopher Shay, a deaf man, has settled a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal complaint with the Ministry of Social Development alleging discrimination for delaying an application for income assistance. Sarah Khan, right, a lawyer with the B.C. Public Interest Advocacy Centre, says the ministry has agreed to make changes to help people with disabilities. Read the […]
Province-wide protests mark day of increase in BC disability benefits
After nearly a decade, B.C. is increasing government assistance to people with disabilities. Beginning Thursday (September 1), people on disability benefits will receive $77 more per month. However, not all of the 100,000 British Columbians on disability assistance will get the full amount. Because the province is taking back most of that money for transportation, […]
BC Disability Rate go up September 1
As a net effect, then, people who choose to use transit will have their $52 per month pass deducted from the $77 increase, leaving transit users with only a $25 per month rate increase. CBC News Story
Disability Benefits Cut by Bus Pass Expense
Sheenagh Morrison will get her first raise in nearly a decade Thursday and the B.C. government will take most of it back the same day. After nine years of living on $906 a month, the 35-year-old Victoria woman will see her monthly disability cheque increase by $77. The same day, however, the B.C. government will start […]
Canadian with disabilities need real work, real pay, real leadership
In a recent study published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy, Dr. Prince proposes a six-point action plan for both orders of government: (1) Renew the Canadian vision on disability and citizenship; (2) improve transition planning for youths with disabilities; (3) expand postsecondary education; (4) foster improvement in workplace practices; (5) enhance employment […]
Why has Japan’s massacre of disabled gone unnoticed? For answers, look to the past
A woman offers flowers to mourn the victims at Sagamihara. Read the artical from The Conversation.com
ONTARIO OMBUDSMAN CALLS FOR SYSTEMIC OVERHAUL TO HELP ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN CRISIS
(TORONTO – August 24, 2016) Ontario’s systemic failure to help desperate families who are unable to care for loved ones with developmental disabilities has left vulnerable people in dire and often dangerous circumstances, Ombudsman Paul Dubé reveals in his office’s latest report, released today. In Nowhere to Turn, the Ombudsman reports on his office’s investigation […]