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MPs and carnation pinning: MPs Mark Warawa and Ted Menzies accept MS carnations from Peter, MS Society Read-A-Thon participant, during MS Awareness Month.
MPs Mark Warawa and Ted Menzies accept MS carnations from Peter, MS Read-A-Thon participant, during MS Awareness Month.
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MS and Income Security
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Multiple sclerosis has a profound impact on the ability to earn a living.

Over time, up to 80 percent of people with MS can no longer work. Often this is because of a lack of accommodation by employers and a lack of appropriate government supports.

The MS Society is asking for some important changes that will make a difference:

  1. Make Employment Insurance sickness benefits more flexible to allow people with MS or their caregivers to work part-time and receive partial benefits.

  2. Make the Disability Tax Credit a refundable benefit.

  3. Allow spouses to claim the Caregiver Tax Credit – right now this isn’t allowed.

For more information, see our position paper Multiple Sclerosis and Income Security: The need is now and Income Security and Multiple Sclerosis: Brief to the Standing Committee on Finance.

 

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