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House Hansard - 140

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 2, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 140 - Dec/2/22
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
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Madam Speaker, living with a disability should not mean living in poverty, yet this is the reality for close to a million Canadians. More persons with disabilities are now contemplating medical assistance in dying, not because they want to die but because they cannot afford to live. The government was clear that people will not get the Canada disability benefit for at least another year. What is the minister's plan to help people with disabilities get by as they wait for the Canada disability benefit?
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