Mr. Speaker, I rise to present petition e-6791, signed by 1,084 people. I imagine that most of them are from the disability community.
The petition is heart-wrenching to read. I know I cannot read it aloud but must summarize it. It is about the number of Canadians with disabilities who are living in deep poverty. The petitioners say that disabled people have lost hope that anyone cares. Many are turning to MAID because they cannot afford to live, and they are asking why they are not supported to live but have easy supports to die. Many disabled people have fallen off the financial cliff.
The petition goes on, but the bottom line is that the citizens and residents of Canada who have signed the petition call on the government to show disabled people that it will fix the pressures from the rising costs of everyday life and to give every disabled person across Canada and people on disability supports a tax-free emergency support of $5,000 that is not means-tested and cannot be clawed back.