Human Resources committee  For me, yes, like I was saying earlier, I was lucky to have the disability insurance, but there seems to be a problem with long-term disability claims. I certainly am not the only one whose long-term disability claim has been denied by disability insurance companies. In my partic

Human Resources committee  Yes. I got very sick with COVID in April 2020. I am one of the few lucky Canadians who actually has disability insurance. I was able to rely on that for the first 16 weeks of my leave, as I mentioned. It was the short-term disability period. During that time, there were a few w

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good afternoon, everyone. First I want to thank you for this opportunity to testify regarding Bill C-265. I am a COVID long-hauler, one of nearly half a million Canadians now estimated to suffer or have suffered from the debilitating long-term effects