Ask the politician
Social issues are almost non-existent from this year’s election campaign in Canada. So we asked local Island politicians what they will do if elected for Islanders with disabilities.
Canadians and Islanders with disabilities make up 16% of the population, or 22,000 people on PEI.
If you are elected, what will you and your party do for Islanders with disabilities?
Will you support an increase in the CPP up to the single person LICO (low income cut off)? The disabled living on CP Disability are living below 60% of the LICO.
Will you support a national drug program with a co-pay for the disabled of less than $1,000 per year. The current suggestion of $5,000 does not consider that the disabled poor are often living on $12,000 per year.
Will you support a national program of disability supports to replace the current patchwork quilt of provincial supports? On PEI, only 11% of the disabled population is receiving supports.
Will you support a Canadians with Disabilities Act similar to the US ADA as amended? Canadians with disabilities need protection not a Charter. The attached article contains a recent post on the ADA. ADA
Thank you,
Stephen Pate
PEI Disability Alert
