[news] Disabled complain of grinding poverty

Resist!ca news at resist.ca
Thu Apr 29 13:17:02 PDT 2004


LONDON - Jay Dixon spent two months this winter living in her cold London 
apartment. She couldn't afford to pay her gas bill. So she spent February and 
March with hot water bottles covering her body, sleeping under eight blankets 
with a ski mask on, constantly worrying that her pipes would freeze before she 
did. Like thousands of Ontarians who can't work because of medical or physical 
disabilities, Dixon has lived on $11,160 a year (before taxes) for 11 years.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/4/29/12411/0573



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