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#TIKTOK VIDEO GOING VIRAL AFTER @fordnation COWARD SENDS @OPP AFTER #ODSP CLIENT BECAUSE OF THEIR TWEETS. SHARE LIKE RETWEET THIS IS SHAMEFUL ! WHILE MAKING MILLIONS IN CUTS TO @ONSocialService . #COWARDFORD @DisabledOntari1 video by @ calgarymayorelect on #tiktok

In 2023, nearly 450,000 students received OSAP, according to provincial figures and the Ontario NDP is now hoping those students will be part of a new pressure campaign. Plus, the Premier's claim of who receives OSAP doesn't check out. #onpoli

In Canada, it is Kindness Week, a national moment to encourage empathy, compassion, and positive action toward others. It often highlights everyday acts—checking in on neighbours, lending a hand, showing understanding. From an Inclusion Canada perspective, this week is also a chance to deepen the conversation: - The most lasting form of kindness is creating conditions where people don’t have to ask to belong. - Kindness should not replace rights - Compassion should not excuse inadequate systems - Good intentions must be paired with structural inclusion Real kindness means building communities where everyone belongs. Let’s choose inclusion. 💜 #KindnessWeek

Google Deepmind CEO Demis Hassabis -- an outspoken UBI supporter -- says there's "nowhere near enough work" being done to address job automation. "Maybe there are ways to distribute this new productivity, new wealth more fairly… that's what should happen"

Our very own Ken Yang interviewed Dave Shapiro (expert AI influencer) about post-labour economics and UBI. Watch here: youtu.be/jX21Y9JcLsI

imagine 120yo minimum wage workers paying off 'multigenerational' mortgages (yes it's a real thing) 1/2 paycheque goes to housing (i.e. banks) 1/2 paycheque goes to gov taxes and oligopolies

Healthcare in Canada in a nutshell: - patient of mine has severe uterine fibroids causing significant bleeding, needs surgery, gynecologist agrees but can’t get her an OR slot - has had to visit the ER a half dozen times, for blood and iron transfusions, now has a hematologist as well Instead of opening OR time the ON government restricts OR use, which leads to massive costs and disability. Fixing a problem immediately saves taxpayers money. Delaying care costs the system and patient immensely. A $1500 surgery to fix this will now cost $10-15k due to delays. Only a fully public system is so myopic that they cannot understand the utility in fixing issues as they arise. In their goal to minimize OR costs they push extra costs and wait times everywhere else in the system. #ONhealth

Ford’s OSAP changes shift support from grants to loans, increasing debt for low- and middle-income students at a time of rising tuition and living costs. I’ve written to @nolanmquinn calling for repeal. Education must remain accessible and not become a privilege for the wealthy.

Senator Kim Pate making the case for guaranteed income security Mincome and Ontario's basic income pilot showed that when people have enough money to get by, crime, victimization, homelessness, and healthcare costs all fall and lives shift onto better paths for generations.

Basic income is cheaper than poverty.

Poverty costs $2 billion a year in Nova Scotia. "The Parliamentary Budget Office estimates the implementation of a basic income guarantee program would cost about $1.55 billion a year for Nova Scotia."

CERB proved that #BasicIncome works. We can afford it. ubiworks.ca/howtopay

"Critics counter by pointing to the housing affordability crisis amid declining community services and supports."

"New laws to expand involuntary commitment... are driven by the belief that too few people get committed to psychiatric hospitals, and that this has contributed to rising homelessness, street violence and overdoses across the country." theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

We ARE noticing greater suffering than ever for folks on @ONSocialService - we encourage ABLE BODIED HUMANS WITH A HEART TO SUPPORT FOLKS WITH WISHLISTS. PLEASE BE THE CHANGE. #ODSP #ONTARIO #PWD #POVERTY

Five senators argue more federal support is needed for Canadians with disabilities Significant work remains to ensure #accessibility, #inclusion and #dignity for all Canadians with #disabilities. #cdnpoli sencanada.ca/en/sencaplus/o…

I have compiled my interviews based on decades of living with disabilities, repeated homelessness, multiple mental illnesses, invasive addictions, and also new lived experience based advocacy and activism now that I am finally safe after two decades: LINKTREE: linktr.ee/odspoor - contains all of my interviews with TVO, CTV's W5, CBC, Toronto Star, Al Jazeera, The Walrus, Trillium, Ricochet, The Monitor, Times of London, IJF, Famous Youtubers, and in news articles - topics include legislated poverty, MAiD coercion for track 2 and mental illness expansion, and the greatly below poverty line and deadly low disability supports in Canada; like PWD in BC, AISH in Alberta or ODSP/OW in Ontario, plus the federal failures of the Canadian Disability Benefit and UNCRPD - a homemade, nationwide podcast @ThePwdcast which I researched, edited, recorded and published myself which includes amazing guests like a squatting grandmother in BC, a Star Trek actor talking mobility devices and MPP Sarah Jama on accessibility - all of whom share candid and raw stories - graphic designs, protest art, and parody media covers created to bring general awareness and positive change through eye-catching layouts accompanied with stats and facts that should motivate action from any reader - vlogs, town halls and panels that I have participated in from the CUPE seminar in Toronto to the premiere panel at Disposable: Life on ODSP and also my guest appearances on the Jann Arden, Handi-Link, and This Time In History podcasts E-TRANSFER: mitchelltremblay@live.ca GO FUNDME: gofund.me/750b15a9 WISH LIST: amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls… Please consider donating so I can pay bills, stay fed and keep fighting for the millions of Canadians who make up the 27% of voters with disabilities. Thank you!

In the Legal Capacity & Access to Justice priority areas, we transformed how people understand & practice supported decision-making, made justice more accessible, and equipped the Department of Justice Canada and other professionals with information. Read the full impact report here below 👇 EN: bit.ly/3XBZnjk FR: bit.ly/3JUzCrs

Former Scotiabank Deputy Chief Economist : basic income = economic growth

An end of punishing #clawbacks for social assistance, many people with disabilities living with family or loved ones are penalized by this. Increasing disability #work programs instead of cutting them, ensuring home care and long term care is equipped for people with disabilities. Classes, advertising and re-#education on disability and neurodivergence with fact vs fiction approach; ie 1% of ODSP is fraud, costs on avg 39% more to live.