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MS and income security

Take action Write to your MP and help bring change to Better income security. See sample letter. Find your MP on the parliamentary website. Let us know if you get a response advocacy@mssociety.ca Join advocacy initiatives To join MS Society advocacy initiatives, please sign up to receive news, updates and opportunities for action. You can help shape policies and programs that impact people affected by MS.

Multiple sclerosis has a profound impact on the ability to earn a living.

Over time, up to 80 percent of people with MS can no longer work. Often this is because of a lack of accommodation by employers and a lack of appropriate government supports.

The MS Society is asking for some important changes that will make a difference:

1. Make Employment Insurance sickness benefits more flexible to allow people with MS or their caregivers to work part-time and receive partial benefits.

2. Make the Disability Tax Credit a refundable benefit.

3. Allow spouses to claim the Caregiver Tax Credit – right now this isn’t allowed.

For more information, see our position paper Multiple Sclerosis and Income Security: The need is now and Income Security and Multiple Sclerosis: Brief to the Standing Committee on Finance.

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