Urging Canadians to fight for a publicly funded National Disability Insurance Plan. Disability affects us all. Also at https://xitter.cf/t.co/9x8P91rL3K #NDIP

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#NDIP if we are ready to join as one
Disability support systems were designed decades ago, and often fail to account for current living costs, modern assistive technologies, or the true expenses associated with living with a disability.
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Thanks Cheryl. Those weird mistakes happen to me all the time, and it has nothing to do with voice to text. LOL
That shouldn’t have said dementia! voice to print is making weird kind of mistakes on my phone 🤷🏼‍♀️
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I had a wonderful conversation with Brenda, the author of A Twisted Fate. Looking forward to reading her book.
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Every Canadian Counts retweeted
Replying to @JILLSLASTWORD
Haven’t had doctor since 2004 with 3 mass strokes and three severe dystonic brain injuries and Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis because I am a malpractice victim and I’ve became also became housebound for 20 years, but I get abused in ever ER in Toronto to keep me out so more damage doesn’t get on my medical record
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For those scientists in the group. @dmrf
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Dr. Anthony Lang being recognized for his tremendous work in Dystonia research and his positive impact on his patients.
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Immense learning taking place at the @Dystonia Research conference today. Thanks to Christine of DRFC and ECC volunteers Rosemary and Michelle for making this a success. @dmrf @rarely
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Every Canadian Counts retweeted
about the #CanadaDisabilityBenefit lifting them OUT of poverty by the Liberals from 2020 to 2024. They can't afford food TODAY.. nevermind sparing extra to put into an RDSP for 10, 20, 30+ years from now. They need YOU to FIGHT the LPC to raise the CDB to what they promised. 2/2
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On our way to the Dystonia conference this morning
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This aligns very well with the need for a publicly funded National Disability Insurance Plan for those with lifelong disabilities. everycanadiancounts.com.
It’s time to rebuild publicly funded health care for this generation and the next. It is time to end short-term thinking that continues to tear down universal, publicly funded health care. Let’s makeHealth Care For All a reality in Ontario. Read the full policy here: leefairclough.ca/policy/heal…
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All while so many punch down on those on disability support, the homeless and immigrants as the problem. #NDIP
Now we are culled. Hate to say it.
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I don’t think demand would raise the cost to operate. Not using surgery rooms at full capacity would decrease income.
While an estimated 30,000 people are waiting for surgery in the area, this major Ontario hospital required to cut 37 jobs in its surgery department. @TheSpec @HamHealthSci Paywall-But this is because of $150 million dollar deficit amidst rising costs for wages supplies & demand
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Canada's next economic driver could be a National Disability Insurance Plan. Australia invests $50B a year in its NDIS, and every $1 returns $2.25 to the economy through jobs and local spending. Disability support isn't a cost. It's an investment. #NDIP #cdnpoli @PattyHajdu
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Australia's federal-state-territory system mirrors ours. Yet Canada has never costed a national disability insurance plan. It's time to find out what we're leaving on the table. #NDIP @lesliechurch @karinagould @PierrePoilievre @avilewis @morricemike
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Valuable info. We need far more time spent on real solutions such as a National Disability Insurance Plan for those with lifelong disabilities, from birth to end of life. A program based on disability need, by entitlement, non-income tested, and portable across the country.
Replying to @kurtgoddard
10/10 Parliament’s own deadlines keep pulling it back to an expansion the UN committee asked Canada to repeal. The same recommendation calls for investing in poverty relief, housing and community supports. Make the mental illness exclusion permanent and fund them. Views my own.
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