I never thought I would have to keep justifying my existence to the government, but that’s exactly what it feels like in Alberta today.

The United Conservative Party, under Danielle Smith’s leadership, is making harmful changes to the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) program. They want to replace it with the Alberta Disability Assistance Program (ADAP), a move that will hurt tens of thousands of disabled Albertans.

This change is not needed, it is not wanted, and it is dangerous.

Right now, people on AISH are being forced to “prove” their disabilities all over again. That means scrambling to find a doctor, paying hundreds for paperwork to apply for the federal Disability Tax Credit, and then applying for the new federal Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), which maxes out

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