After a Spryfield, N.S., woman received a small increase to her Canada Pension Plan disability payments to reflect the cost of living, she was shocked when the Nova Scotia government decreased her provincial payments by the same amount. One lawyer says this practice can keep disabled people in deep poverty.
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An expert report released Wednesday moves people with disabilities in Nova Scotia a step closer to the end of an era when many had to live in large institutions.
The province, the Disability Rights Coalition and the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission have reached an interim settlement on a human rights remedy to end the discrimination against people with disabilities. A lawyer for the coalition says it's a watershed moment.
HALIFAX - An expert report released Wednesday moves people with disabilities in Nova Scotia a step closer to the end of an era when many had to live i.