{"id":4150,"date":"2022-03-24T14:24:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/petitions\/its-time-to-lift-people-with-disabilities-out-of-poverty"},"modified":"2025-02-12T23:28:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T04:28:30","slug":"its-time-to-lift-people-with-disabilities-out-of-poverty","status":"publish","type":"cta","link":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/petitions\/its-time-to-lift-people-with-disabilities-out-of-poverty","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time to lift people with disabilities out of poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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One in five people in Canada has a disability and more than a million Canadians with disabilities live in poverty. People with disabilities in Canada have a higher rate of unemployment and people with severe disabilities earn less than $13,000 per year on average. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Existing supports are not even enough to cover housing and food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People with disabilities face many direct and indirect costs from having a disability including medical expenses, specialized equipment, creating accessible housing, and reduced earnings. The pandemic has only exacerbated these inequalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s time for change! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green Party MP Mike Morrice has been working across party lines to promote a Canada Disability Benefit, a guaranteed income for people with disabilities that would lift hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty. His goal is to fast-track the design and implementation of this critical benefit, and to ensure that people with disabilities are involved every step of the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What can you do? Add your name now. Sign this letter to your Member of Parliament and ask them to support the tabling of a bill to re-introduce the Canada Disability Benefit Act as soon as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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