Disability Alert claims support funding cut

The Guardian
Thursday, April 24, 2008

The PEI government has cut spending for the Disability Support Program or DSP, claims Stephen Pate of PEI Disability Alert.

The cutback, he added, is despite promises during the 2007 election that the Liberals would increase spending for the Island’s 22,000 persons living with disabilities.

“Without budget allocation, any changes suggested by the disability services review committee will be put on the government’s back-burner,” said Pate.

The 2009 budget estimate is $9.56 million, $35,000 less than the 2008 forecast,

“Today was the day for Premier Ghiz to keep his promise and it did not happen. He clearly broke his promise to some of P.E.I.’s least advantaged citizens.”