permitting a support person to to the economic well-being of many DABC will continue our work to be present to ensure medical people with disabilities and chronic educate doctors and other health treatment is accessible to the health conditions. [...] The support for ending disability pov- quick rollout of the $2,000 CERB • Supported people who wanted payment was a prime example of to connect with their Member of erty and influence the government to design and implement a Canada what can be done when the will Parliament Disability Benefit (CDB). [...] The MBM is based things you can do to help make the on the cost of a specific basket of Canada Disability Benefit a reality: NOUSHA BAYRAMI AND KATE FISH ARE COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS FOR goods and services representing a • Consider contacting your MP and DISABILITY WITHOUT POVERTY AND modest, basic standard of living for MLA to share why a CDB would ADVOCATES FOR THE CDB. [...] The more complex a health biased, it can be helpful to bring a DISABILITY LAW CLINIC AND A PERSON condition is, the harder it is to have LIVING WITH A DISABILITY. [...] The immediate Health Act, with accompanying I believe the incitement to those necessary reform of BC’s Mental involuntary hospital stays, and then inhumane actions flows from the Health Act begins with the govern- spent a year certified outside the archaic legislation that still governs ment having the courage to stop hospital under the Extended Leave involuntary treatment in BC today.
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