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Canada Labour

Alberta’s cuts to disability support are part of bigger attacks that labour needs to resist

PV May 27, 2025

By Jeremy Abbott In Alberta today, 77,000 people find themselves in the position of needing to access supports through the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) program. But changes […]...

4 Minutes

Canada

As Ottawa increases arms spending, people with disabilities live in legislated poverty

PV August 2, 2024

By Ron Anicich The life of a disability benefit recipient is a life of legislated poverty. We are forced to survive on $1300 a month. It all goes to pay […]...

6 Minutes

Canada

Fight for adequate disability benefit a bellwether struggle for the cost-of-living crisis

PV July 29, 2024

By Jane McKenzie The most recent data from Statistics Canada reports that, as of 2022, eight million people in Canada aged 15 and older have one or more disabilities that […]...

4 Minutes

Canada

New Brunswick Common Front calls for big boost to social assistance rates

PV September 27, 2023

PV staff This summer, Maytree published the 2022 edition of its Welfare in Canada report which provides information about households receiving social assistance last year, broken down by province and […]...