Mr. Speaker, I believe the hon. parliamentary secretary of state for ALCOA referred to the desire to treat people fairly. Another parliamentary secretary earlier today said that the government wanted to ensure that all who reapplied would be treated fairly and consistently.
Under section 118.4(b) it states:
an individual's ability to perform a basic activity of daily living is markedly restricted only where all or substantially all of the time ,even with therapy and the use of appropriate devices and medication, the individual is blind or is unable...to perform the basic activity of daily living;
It goes on to list things such as “perceiving, thinking, feeding, dressing”, et cetera.
My question is about the line that says “even with therapy and the use of appropriate devices and medication”.
Many times people have to spend their own money to buy those things which then disqualifies them for credit. Does the member believe that this is an item of unfairness that needs to be changed?