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Disability Without Poverty is happy to work with members of the media to share stories about how we are moving people with disabilities out of poverty across Canada. Our staff are here to help you get the information you need to produce timely, relevant, and compelling news stories while respecting those we serve.
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August 2023
- Amy Amantea gets an update on the Canada Disability Benefit – Access Radio
- ‘We’ve had a change in minister but not a change in government’: disability groups look to new minister to keep pre-shuffle promises – The Hill Times
- Slow rollout of Canada Disability Benefit sparks calls for emergency interim support from Ottawa – The Globe & Mail
- Can you wait for the Canada Disability Benefit Act to kick in? – CBC
June 2023
- Rabia Khedr on the Canada Disability Benefit – OMNI TV Punjabi News
- Canada Disability Benefit bill passes Parliament – CTV
- Accessibility reporter Meagan Gillmore on the Canada Disability Benefit finally becoming law – NOW podcast, AMI
- Rabia Khedr talks about the Canada Disability Benefit – 900 CHML with Rick Zamperin
- Good news regarding Bill C-22 – CityNews
- A significant milestone in lifting people with disabilities out of poverty – The Globe & Mail
May 2023
- Canada’s updated MAiD program is appealing to ‘desperate’ Canadians, advocate says – Broadview
- Disability benefit and gun control bills could rank high for Liberal priorities prior to summer break, say lobbyists – The Hill Times
- Advocates stress urgency as minister weighs Senate amendments to disability bill – The Globe & Mail
- The clock is ticking on federal legislation that would see new income supports for people with disabilities – CBC
April 2023
- Disability Without Poverty raises its voice against the federal budget – OMNI TV Punjabi News
- Interview with Cameron Wells on Disability Without Poverty – CJAM Community Radio
- Qualtrough looks to leverage trust of the disability community – The Hill Times
- Canadians living with disabilities forced to sell essential items just to survive: Advocacy group – Victoria News
- Disability advocate, Michelle Hewitt talks about the Bleak Market – CBC
- Canada Disability Benefit needs to be hefty enough to lift Canadians with disabilities out of legislated poverty – The Hill Times
- The Bleak Market: Why Vancouver residents with disabilities sell life-saving equipment, prescriptions online – Vancouver is Awesome
February 2023
- New disability benefit on its way to making ‘major, major difference’ for working-age Canadians – National Observer
- Accessibility reporter Meagan Gillmore shares an update on the Canada Disability Benefit – NOW podcast, AMI
- Disability diagnosis must not be a prescription for poverty – The Province
- Helping disabled persons and Bill C-22 – 980 CKNW Weekend Mornings
January 2023
- Disabled people kept in a cycle of poverty – The Province
- Disability policy tests Canadian values – Winnipeg Free Press
- Something really, really must be done: an urgent plea for the Canada Disability Benefit to become law in 2023 – Toronto Star
- David Onley leaves behind a robust disability community that he helped forge – Toronto Star
October 2022
June 2022
- Putting a federal disability benefit back on the table – The Decibel podcast (The Globe & Mail)
- Government re-introduced legislation today for a monthly benefit payment for working-age Canadians with disabilities – CBC
- Inadequate disability supports make the message clear: Your government will help you die, but not live with dignity – Toronto Star
- Bill C-22 for Canadians with disabilities – OMNI TV Punjabi News
- Canadians fighting to live with dignity – Corus Radio
April 2022
- Disability advocates disappointed at lack of Canada Disability Benefit in budget – CBC
- ‘People with disabilities cannot be forgotten anymore’: Canadians disappointed in recovery plan’s lack of inclusion – Toronto Star
- Budget 2022’s employment strategy for people with disabilities not a replacement for income support, warn advocates – Hill Times
- High inflation is hitting people on fixed disability benefits hard – CBC
- Lack of a livable wage are matters of life and death for people with disabilities – CBC
March 2022
- Disability should not equal poverty – Hamilton Spectator
- Disability Without Poverty advocates for disability benefits, Mike Morrice puts forward petition for faster action – The Community Edition
- Community Foundation of Canada Monthly Moments featuring Disability Without Poverty – March 2022 issue
- Disability advocate Michelle Hewitt talks about the Canada Disability Benefit – CBC
- Disability awareness in light of the events from the Oscars – Corus Radio
- Work Barriers for People with Disabilities – The Long Way podcast, a Cardus production
February 2022
January 2022
- Canadians with disabilities fell through the cracks in the pandemic response. Here’s what needs to change as Omicron surges – Toronto Star
- Disability advocacy group awaits progress on Canada Disability Benefit – CBC
- Canadians with disabilities ‘left behind’ say advocates after Ottawa spends $797-million in targeted COVID support – Hill Times
- Children and adults with disabilities are feeling abandoned – Toronto Star
- Canadians living with disabilities are at a high-risk of living in poverty – CBC
- Advocates say there hasn’t been enough disability support during the pandemic – CTV Your Morning
- How a rise in long-haul COVID-19 symptoms could be a ‘mass disabling event’ – CTV
- Canada Disability Benefit – The Pulse podcast, AMI
- A basic income for people with disabilities is a step forward for the whole movement: Rabia Khedr – Basic Income Canada
- It’s time national conversations on disability include race and ethnicity – Abilities Magazine
- Time for fast action on a Canada Disability Benefit – Abilities Magazine
November 2021
- Time to fast track Canada Disability Benefit – Hamilton Spectator
- The federal government should fast track the Canada Disability Benefit – Prince Albert Daily Herald
- Federal government should fast track the Canada Disability Benefit – Saltwire
- Amanda Lockitch: Changes to B.C.’s autism program catastrophic – The Georgia Straight
- The disabled are choosing to die because they can’t afford to live – iPolitics
- Disability Alliance BC separating disability from poverty – Vancouver Foundation
- More than 200 influential Canadians call on the federal government to fast track the Canada Disability Benefit – The Source
- Changes to BC’s autism program catastrophic – Vancouver Guardian
- 1.3 million children lived in poverty in Canada in 2019: report – CTV
- CERB and CRB discriminated against Canadians with disabilities, new Charter challenge claims – Toronto Star
September 2021
- All parties should commit to lifting people with disabilities out of poverty – Globe & Mail
- Why do we still have to fight for basic accessibility? – The Province
- Political candidates must address high food costs in the North – CBC
- ‘Build back better’ for Canadians with disabilities – Winnipeg Free Press
- Voters with disabilities frustrated about being largely ignored during the Federal election campaign – CBC
- A targeted federal income program can help Canadians with disabilities living in poverty – Hill Times
- Rabia’s family – CBC
- 6 million Canadians live with a disability. Advocates say federal parties need to listen to them – CBC
- Amid federal election promises and perks, more than 6 million voters with disabilities feel ignored – CBC
- Ridges on reworked sidewalk block access to wheelchair ramp just weeks after its installation – CTV
- Ridges on reworked sidewalk block access to wheelchair ramp just weeks after its installation (video) – CTV
- Disability benefits need overhaul to break the cycle of poverty – iPolitics
- Equity, Diversity and Food Justice – CBC