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Families Minister Rochelle Squires introduced legislation designed to create a new income support program for individuals living with severe and prolonged disabilities who have no other means of supporting themselves.
Bill 72 would create a new program separate from Employment and Income Assistance and would include disability support payments and shelter assistance tailored to the unique and specific needs of the individual.
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“This will move about 10,000 people out of (EI) who are severe and prolonged (disabled) into a different category so they will no longer have to receive exemptions for not finding work,” said Squires. “It will make life easier for them. They will not have to go back and prove on a regular basis that they still are impacted by their disability.”
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Multi-pronged approach required, business council chief says
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Bram Strain of the Business Council of Manitoba said recovery from the pandemic must start by first building out infrastructure, then renewing a trade corridor in Western Canada.
As governments across Canada carve out an economic path forward from COVID-19, the Business Council of Manitoba is urging that an immediate focus be placed on the future of physical infrastructure and commercial border crossings.
As governments across Canada carve out an economic path forward from COVID-19, the Business Council of Manitoba is urging that an immediate focus be placed on the future of physical infrastructure and commercial border crossings.
Posted: Mar 08, 2021 7:19 PM CT | Last Updated: March 9
Winnipeg mom Casandra Woolever had to move and go on CERB to make ends meet after she lost both sources of income during the pandemic.(Sam Samson/CBC)
Almost one year after the pandemic began, policy analysts say unemployment rates for Manitoba women are quickly outpacing rates for men.
According to the report, Women, Work and COVID-19: Priorities for supporting women and the economy, released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, single mothers with children under the age of six have been hardest hit by job loss during the pandemic.Â
Winnipegger Casandra Woolever lost not one job, but two sources of income a month after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic last March.Â
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