I couldn't tell you exactly what the cost increase has been. I would say that whether it comes to housing or whether it comes to just living in general, costs have gone up substantially over the last five years in a number of areas. Disproportionately, unfortunately, supports for persons with disabilities, whether in income or otherwise, have not kept pace with that. We have seen the poverty rates for persons with disabilities certainly get worse. It's much, much, much more difficult to live a good life in community with the extra costs that people face already. Then, when disproportionately costs everywhere are going up, including the extra costs of disability, they just compound upon each other. It makes it very difficult.
This is why—I will make the case while I'm here at this committee—we would love to see the Canada disability benefit, which we are very happy about and super grateful for, continue to increase to help Canadians with disabilities offset those costs.
