Meeting our Member of Parliament for Courtenay-Alberni, Gord Johns
With significant national attention focused on the ongoing developments regarding a Canada Disability Benefit and the recently released Canada Disability Inclusion Action Plan, MP Gord Johns wanted to learn more about current challenges facing persons with disabilities and potential positive opportunities. Following a recent Global News article, discussions centered on the fact that highly inequitable employment opportunities for persons with disabilities are a major contributing factor. We need to break the vicious disability – poverty – unemployment cycle. More than 80% of mental and physical health impairments occur during a person's working life, so maintaining workplace attachment through effective Disability Management programs is key towards "Building a Culture of Accommodation," reducing disability stigma, and is required to build a Disability Inclusion society. |
