disability benefits she receives due to her rheumatoid arthritis.I’m constantly behind (on bills), especially as things get more and more expensive,” Davidson said.“And it’s getting harder and harder just to do anything.
Some weeks, I have to decide on eating healthy or skipping meals or tightening things down because it’s just getting harder.”Davidson’s situation is typical of Canadians receiving disability benefits across the country.
Two Canadian charities have recently come together to call on the federal government to do more to listen to people with disabilities, especially as their struggles with food insecurity and poverty have become more acute.The issue has reached Parliament.
The federal government tabled the Canadian Disability Benefit Act with Bill C-22 two years ago, but reintroduced it last year.The bill passed through the House of Commons and went to the Senate earlier this year, which returned it with amendments.