There is a tough choice being made by people living with a disability in New Brunswick. In order to maintain their social assistance from the Department of Social Development, advocates say they are being forced to choose between basic income and living with the person they love. The household income policy, or the HIP […]
Read MoreNew Brunswick’s household income policy borders on discrimination: disability advocates – New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca
Posted on July 15th, 2021 by Best Brothers Group
Court ruling on Ontario’s vaccine rollout discrimination suit expected
Posted on May 5th, 2021 by Best Brothers Group
TORONTO — An Ontario court is expected to rule today on if the province’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout was discriminatory. The constitutional challenge turns on whether vulnerable people have had fair access to the vaccine. Those would include some people with disabilities, homebound seniors, residents of hot-spot neighbourhoods and the homeless. David Daneshvar, of Toronto, […]
Read MoreOntario’s COVID-19 triage protocol ‘discriminates because of disability,’ advocates say
Posted on April 28th, 2021 by Best Brothers Group
When Tracy Odell experienced bleeding in her stomach last summer during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, she went to hospital but vowed she would not return. “I don’t feel safe in hospitals and a lot of people with disabilities similar to mine, where you need this much assistance, don’t feel safe in […]
Read MoreClosing arguments heard at N.S. inquiry as people with disabilities allege housing discrimination
Posted on October 30th, 2018 by Best Brothers Group
[ad_1] A lengthy inquiry which is considering whether the Nova Scotia government violated human rights by housing people with disabilities in a hospital for over a decade is hearing closing arguments Tuesday. Beth MacLean and Joseph Delaney have testified the Department of Community Services violated the province’s Human Rights Act by forcing them to remain […]
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