Canadians living with disabilities forced to sell essential items just to survive: Advocacy group
It’s a choice nobody should have to make, but Canadians living with disabilities are having to sell their essential items on online marketplaces in order to make ends meet., said these situations are becoming “more and more common as poverty becomes worse and worse.”
Khedr said these are stories that should compel people to take action to stop people from having to make “such difficult and unfathomable choices just to survive.” Through the site, she said, people are prompted to email Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and federal Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion Carla Qualtrough.
Khedr noted people living with disabilities were already living in poverty pre-pandemic, but they’ve since found themselves deeper into poverty in the last three years.
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