Thank you very much, Madam Co-Chair, and thank you to all of our witnesses for joining us today.
I too am joining you from British Columbia, so I appreciate how early it is.
This has absolutely been a very difficult subject for this committee to grapple with, and we certainly have heard some heart-wrenching testimony. We know that far too many persons with disabilities in Canada are living below the poverty line.
I have a constituent who's a very real activist in this field. He coined a term, “legislated poverty”, and has repeatedly urged the federal government to do more, especially with economic supports because of that disability level. We know that it exists.
Ms. Linton, I'd like to start with you because of the research field you've been involved in.
For clarification, do you have some statistics to share with the committee on how many disabled people are living in institutions? What percentage of the larger disability community is that?