Some days, Terrie Meehan goes long stretches eating just one meal a day to stretch out her food supply.
The $1,100 a month she receives from the Ontario Disability Support Program just doesn't stretch that far.
But like Meehan, 95 per cent of ODSP recipients will see no change to their monthly income as a result. She said many of her friends are in the same boat as her and she isn't sure how she feels about the government making the change. After paying her monthly bills, and for medication and food she said most months she maybe has $200 left. Sometimes it's less.
Trevor Manson, a co-chair with the ODSP Action Coalition and an ODSP recipient, said the exemption will help those who work, but it doesn't come close to solving the issue that many ODSP recipients are facing. He called their situation "legislated poverty." "In a city like Ottawa a single person needs a little over $25,000 just to stay at the poverty line," said Robson.
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