Khrista Daciw says she’s put years into training the service dog she uses to help with her diabetes, and ensures Boo is cared for despite the cost and the fact she's on a limited income.

The single mother, who's in the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), said she can’t live independently in her Thunder Bay home without her service dog, which helps her manage her diabetes by detecting blood sugar changes she’s experiencing.

Yet, Daciw said, she still isn’t deemed eligible for an $84 monthly benefit that ODSP recipients can apply for to offset the costs of “routine care” of a service dog because Boo wasn’t trained at a facility accredited by Assistance Dogs International (ADI).

What’s frustrating Daciw is that the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) ruled in 2023 that the train

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