441-00727 Social affairs and equality
Alistair MacGregor
Disability benefits,Persons with disabilities
PETITION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
  
    Whereas:
    
      
        Disability financial support payments in Canada are currently far below the Official Poverty Line of Canada;
      
    
    
      
        1.5 million disabled Canadians currently suffer every single day in a state of "legislated poverty"; and
      
    
    
      
        The government continues to allow the wealthy, well-connected, and multinational corporations to hoard billions in offshore accounts or forgo taxes and fair prices for our country's resources.
      
    
    We, the undersigned, concerned Canadian citizens, call upon the Government of Canada to end the current practice of "legislated poverty" of Canadians living with disabilities and establish a federal disability benefit of $2,200 per month.