People with disabilities ask feds to restore 'hope' and raise benefit amount
The federal government said it would help lift 600,000 working-age Canadians with disabilities out of poverty with the Canada Disability Benefit, which takes effect next July
by Nicole Ireland · National PostTORONTO — Heather Thompson would love to work.
The 26-year-old dreams of going back to university to study politics and environmental science, and ultimately pursue a career to “try and make things better” in society.
“I’m not the person I want to be yet and I want to be able to achieve certain goals and be a well-rounded, well developed person. But I’m prevented from doing that because I live in legislated poverty,” they said.