PWD Allies podcast's Brent Frain welcomes Chantelle Montour to talk about the big lie that everything is fine for persons with disabilities in Canada. Keywords: Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Disability Tax Credit (DTC), Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), BC Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT), Disability Emergency Response Benefit (DERB).

00:00 CDB was first recommended as $2000 top-up; $1000 at minimum
06:49 Canada Disability Benefit, the big lie
10:08 Bill C-403 introduced to remove DTC prerequisite
14:25 The Canada of now: clawbacks to war veteran pensions and other pink unicorns
22:48 What if Carla Qualtrough had stayed on as federal Minister of Disabilities?
25:08 "Just get a job!" / Lack of employment shouldn't minimize personal worth
33:17 CERB set the standard of $2000 per month as minimum liveable wage for every human
39:07 What would you like to see the government do for people with disabilities?
43:33 The cost of legislated poverty for provincial governments / Neil's accessible shower
51:05 Provincial PWD clawbacks and human rights (BCHRT) / "Unearned Income" pink unicorn
55:11 Mike Morrice and what he learned about disability advocacy from PWD community
1:00:02 NASA's zillion dollar asteroid and the urgent need for a DERB :)

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