December 28, 2024

The Queens County Citizen

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Mr. Legault wants to change the wrong in Quebec…

Mr. Legault wants to change the wrong in Quebec...

Let's talk about the fate of the disabled.

On reaching 65 years of age, you will receive a letter from the government that the retirement pension will be reduced.

In fact, the government imposes a penalty on these disabled workers as they treat them as prematurely retired workers at the age of 60.

Since when do we pick on the disabled?

This penalty is unfair and discriminatory!

How can you retire early, without working?

Can the State of Quebec modify the meaning of an invalid term at will?

In 2020, Mr. Richard McLean, himself disabled by a stroke, had the courage to challenge the law, which would cut his pension by 36% and deprive him of a significant portion of income.

In 2022, before being medically assisted while dying, he succeeded.

The penalty on his retirement pension will be reduced from 36% to 24%.

Since then, others have continued Mr McLean's fight.

The “frontline invalids” movement is leading the fight to definitively end this reduction in their retirement pensions.

Will you be disabled and in poverty at age 65?

I am ashamed of the govt…

It deals with vulnerable seniors, who face significant limitations and enormous challenges on a daily basis.

Already the fate of our elders is not very enviable.

The housing crisis is turning them upside down.

Many smaller RPAs are disappearing for luxury real estate complexes.

A grocery cart is expensive.

They are constantly criticized for overcrowding emergency rooms.

Lack of family doctors and home care available.

Waiting lists are growing.

Our seniors often feel left out and a disability makes them even more isolated.

It is common to say that a society is judged by the way it treats its elders.

Why penalize our disabled seniors, Mr. Legault?