Finance committee  We know. Absolutely. We work with him.

Finance committee  Back in May, we did an event on the Hill through CPA in which we had a number of MPs using a wheelchair for a day, and believe me, it was quite an experience for everyone. I think they'd had a bit of an idea of how challenging it was, but they had no idea, even within their own H

Finance committee  We're planning on doing the same type of event next spring. We hope all of you participate. It's a real eye-opener for everyone.

Finance committee  Absolutely.

Finance committee  Absolutely, and in terms of lost productivity, consider that at least 15% of the population has some type of disability, depending on the statistics you look at. Also, when you look at investment through social assistance and other government supports to help people maintain th

Finance committee  I think that accessibility in the built environment continues to be one of the largest barriers experienced by our population, to be sure. They are clearly affected most by the physical environment, unlike some other disability groups. When you consider that a person who has exp

Finance committee  Yes, I believe that's true.

Finance committee  I can't answer that in terms of where the money was funnelled.

Finance committee  That might be correct, but I can't say specifically.

Finance committee  We're looking at a far more general application of this program. As I say, based on our knowledge of the pent-up need that's out there, we're recommending that $100 million be added to the expansion of that program.

Finance committee  Yes, and that's why we're saying it needs to be renewed so that--

Finance committee  --it becomes more of a permanent type of program and is able to meet that need that is clearly not being met.

Finance committee  We're looking in there, as I say. Obviously a number of federal and provincial agreements have been, to say the least, tenuous in terms of their renewals, certainly in the province of Ontario among others. The other thing we are certainly looking for is more of a stated commitm

Finance committee  There's a whole variety of issues out there. We're focusing today on housing, because we can't address everything out there, but to suggest that somebody could live in housing without the types of health supports that are needed to keep one in one's unit on a day-to-day basis wou

Finance committee  Our experience in the disability community is that poverty rates more generally are at least twice as high as those in the average population. We do know that with the greater occurrence of aging there is a greater incidence of poverty given the minimized opportunities that peopl