Bonita Zarillo, the former NDP federal critic for disability, said
“No one should be forced to lose their benefits because they’re in a relationship.”
@BonitaZarrillo literally defended voting for the Canada Disability Benefit to be means-tested based on household income. 👀
Update to #CDB Day 50 update:
Just got off the phone with the same agent as this morning. She said:
"I felt so bad about the mess your file was in, so my coach and I manually fixed all the error messages holding up your application. You're approved. Payments start Sept 18."
🎉
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit application update, day 50.
Today they tell me all of these:
-I do not have an application submitted
-Information I gave on the application (that they say didn't happen) conflicts with the CRA.
-SIN Registry does not know my citizenship status
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-I didn't indicate my citizenship status on the application (that they said doesn't exist)
-I need to reapply (WHAT?)
-Wait for the denial letter (from the application they say never happened)
This is truly easy & barrier free.
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit#CDB#PwD#cdnpoli
#2/
I need there to be a dating app for permanently disabled people.
If I could have a nickel for every "get well soon" type wish I've received on a dating app....
Neurotypicals and ableds don't comprehend disabilities. At all.
Canada deprives you of life into killing yourself. MAiD will never be about compassion as long as they segregate disabled ppl through unaffordable housing, costly food, no insensitives to build affordable rentals, no insensitives over to get disabled ppl to work or to die.
Trudeau spends billions on AI, war toys and other subsidies for corporations, Cons get mad, Carney institutes austerity and think no spending now is some sort of amazing super duper victory of a man with a moral compass?
Disabled Canadians are fucked.
Why is it "acceptable" to the government of BC to KEEP medically assessed & designated Persons with Disabilities in a state of imposed POVERTY?
How do you think a disabled person is supposed to live on $1535/mo?
Do THEY deserve less than POVERTY LEVEL FINANCIAL SUPPORT?
@globeandmail What moral compass? One of the first things he did was get rid of the ministry of disability, inclusion & gender equality. His response to the UN CRPD report was to tell them basically; the Canadian gov plans to continue to practice eugenics & genocide against disabled Canadians
@MarkJCarney We have people starving in the streets in Canada and NO BUDGET. Yes humanitarian aid is great but we can't even feed people at home and prices sky rocketing for people who can somewhat afford food.
You Mr Carney should be ashamed of not taking care of Canadians!
The greatest country in the world wouldn't commit eugenics and genocide using social murder against disabled citizens. How do you expect starving disabled Canadians who are ending up homeless to travel across the country to see these wonderful parks?
@princepolity@CDNAffairs A lot of people are disabled but don't meet the criteria for the DTC which is necessary to receive the benefit. Gatekept as usual.
When legislated destitution or (assisted) death are the only options Canada's government provides disabled people, it's not a free choice.
It's a choice based on government coercion.
Forced suffering, or end the suffering with MAID.
UN called this "state-sanctioned euthanasia"
“I’m not disabled, I just have cancer.” “I’m not disabled, I just have brain fog.” “I’m not disabled, I just have trouble breathing.”
Let me hold your hand when I tell you this…
For CERB, Canada ramped up CRA staff to ensure applications went through timely.
For the Canada Disability Benefit, they did the exact opposite. This is the impact.
Provincial disability supports 2025: legislated destitution
Federal disability supports 2025: legislated destitution
MAID: active for disabled people not near death.
This is, as the UN referred to it: state-sanctioned euthanasia.
All jurisdictions pay a role in this eugenics.