Ontario Hansard

June 2, 2005

Klees...I want to take this opportunity, in the two minutes I have left, to call on the government. I know this bill will be passed, but there is something so important that I want members opposite, members of the government, and members of this Legislature to consider: that is, the continuing inequity that exists in the kind of support and funding that is provided to many in our disabled community. I speak specifically of the deaf-blind. It was some time ago that I called on the Minister of Community and Social Services to address this inequity in funding. At the time, while she agreed to meet with members of the deaf-blind community who had visited Queen’s Park, nothing has yet been done to rectify the inequity of funding resulting from the discussions with them. These are people who are both deaf and blind and who are not yet being recognized by this government appropriately for the kind of support services they need.