Heather Thompson, pictured with their emotional support cat Captain Kirk in this recent handout photo, hoped the Canada Disability Benefit would help them out of poverty, but that hope has been dashed.Photo by HO/The Canadian Press

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 · National Post

TORONTO — 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.

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