Qualtrough also said she hears frequently that some people with disabilities are seeking assisted deaths because they can't find adequate housing or sufficient care. It did so because the Supreme Court of Canada had overturned the existing ban on medically assisted death. Qualtrough said it should not be easier to access a medically assisted death than to get a wheelchair — but it is. Canada Disability Benefit in the worksIn June, Qualtrough reintroduced a bill to establish a benefit for low-income, working-age Canadians with disabilities. This is what the Canada Disability Benefit is trying to do, close that gap [for] the 18-year-old to the 64-year-old living with poverty who has a disability."

Source: CBC News October 22, 2022 14:41 UTC