The Nova Scotia government is following through on a five-year plan to address systemic discrimination against people with disabilities, according to a new report.
HALIFAX - A disability rights advocate is raising questions about the Nova Scotia government s assertion Monday that it is making substantial progress in implementing a five-year plan to ensure people
Vicky Levack, who sits on the board of the Disability Rights Coalition, says the government's one-year progress report shows it is moving in the right direction, but she says the province can't ignore the fact that it failed to reach a key deadline earlier this year.
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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.