We're talking about people who have specific needs, and of course disability benefits under the Canada Pension Plan are one thing. I am from a rural area -- although the situation is not much different elsewhere -- where people need help -- for example, with literacy, and to access the labour market. It's not enough to keep them in the labour market; first of all, they have to be able to access it.
Yesterday, $18 million worth of cuts were announced that will affect the people most in need. To some extent, these are people who may need CPP Disability Benefits. What we do now is sit them in a corner and tell them that although they may be having problems now, we'll make sure they have even more later.
With that in mind, I am thinking in particular of a manual worker with a regular job. He does not receive any benefits or government assistance, but he does have a good salary. For example, it could be a single working father or mother with two or three children who earns $45,000 a year. If that person is not in receipt of any benefits, but is then involved in an accident and no longer has any income, he or she would be eligible for disability benefits under the Canada Pension Plan of $9,100.