Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN)
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This is an historic day! With this final vote in the Senate, Bill C-22 - the Canada Disability Benefit Act - is now on it's way to receiving Royal Assent. This is the culmination of years of activism from members of the disability community. This is your victory.
Today is the day!! The Canada Disability Benefit passed in the Senate and will soon receive Royal assent to become a law. This is a historic moment for Canadian social policy and the financial security of people with disabilities throughout the country. #EndDisabilityPoverty
We are supporting a team at @mcgillu to develop a bereavement training center, intended to give frontline healthcare workers tools to support caregivers who are grieving the passing of the recipient of care. Learn more: ow.ly/LkWf50NanRW
It's National Caregivers Days in Canada and we celebrate all those giving care, and those who receive it. Here's a story from Vickie Cammack about the ways natural caring transforms our neighbourhoods and gives us a pathway for hospitality and grace. tinyurl.com/yeytzryw
This morning Niall McNeil recorded an interview with CTV’s Jason Pires, promoting his film Lay Down Your Heart and this Saturday’s Down Syndrome Film Festival. Watch for Niall and DSRF’s Director of Communications Glen Hoos tomorrow morning on CTV Morning Live.
Thanks to the advocacy efforts of two residents, Airdrie will soon be home to the city’s first inclusive playground, a developmentally appropriate park for children with and without disabilities. 👏 @City_of_Airdrie airdrietoday.com/community/aird…
Women in Canada have a higher risk of poverty in their later years compared to men. “I have many women patients who are living in basement apartments… It’s all they can afford,” @SamirSinha tells @MoiraWelsh in @TorontoStar. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
