Human Resources committee  Yes. Because of the stigma that people have mentioned too, they don't necessarily want to disclose, so they take advantage of whatever kinds of opportunities you have within.... If they are working, they might take advantage of the flexibility the work might offer through regular

Human Resources committee  I just want to emphasize the point about decoupling the income and other types of support. A lot of people are very afraid to leave the program because they really need the pharmaceutical and other types of supports, so they don't want to go beyond that maximum income level becau

Human Resources committee  As a more immediate solution, something like the Service Canada model would be really helpful. There would be one place for entry with somebody who could direct you to the program you qualify for. It wouldn't require changes in the program, just somebody to help navigate the syst

Human Resources committee  Of the four pillars, the first is disability confidence, the second is comprehensive supports, the third is effective partnerships and the fourth is measurement and accountability.

Human Resources committee  I agree with what all these folks are saying. I would add that it would be really important that you adopt the new Canadian standard that Maureen and I and others are involved in for work disability management systems. These are voluntary standards. The CSA Group is working on d

Human Resources committee  I think the thing you're mentioning, if I'm not mistaken, is that in their social assistance program they used to have a monthly deduction and now it's a yearly one, so it allows a lot more flexibility on the week-to-week and month-to-month earnings—

Human Resources committee  —without being penalized. I think the flexibility that Tammy Yates mentions is really critical. One of the key things is the inability to take up work or the fear of taking up work because you're going to lose your supports. If there's a lot more flexibility in leaving and enter

Human Resources committee  Thank you. In addition to being at the Institute for Work and Health, I'm a co-director at the Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy. I'm also an associate professor at the Department of Economics at McMaster University. We've heard from the others here about the defin