B.C. Budget 2019: Increase disability and welfare assistance

February 19, 2019 / by BBG Security / BC Budget, Budget, Carole James, Disability, Global BC, Global News, NDP, Politics, welfare

[ad_1] Finance Minister Carole James announces the new increases to the level of assistance those on disability and welfare will receive. [ad_2] Source link

Disability support staff in Manitoba battling for pay hike amid cutbacks – Winnipeg

December 3, 2018 / by BBG Security / Abilities Manitoba, Disabilities, Disability, Health, Increase, Manitoba, Pallister government, pay increase, Public, Support Staff, wage, Wage Increase

[ad_1] A disabled Manitoban requiring support can expect to receive care from around 770 different people in their lifetime. Support staff who work with people with disabilities say their wages need to go up, in order to provide stability for their clients. “Right now, people who provide support often work two or three jobs so […]

Ontario government to increase mercury disability payments to affected First Nations

September 28, 2018 / by BBG Security / Canada, Disability Payments, Dryden, English River, First Nations, Grassy Narrows, Indigenous, Mercury, Ontario government, Wabaseemoong, Wabigoon River

[ad_1] TORONTO – The Ontario government says it is moving to ensure people who receive mercury disability payments are properly compensated by retroactively indexing payments to the rate of inflation. The government says more than 200 people in the First Nations communities of Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong receive the payments, which have been frozen since […]