The Opposition and disability advocates are calling on the Alberta government to pledge it will leave benefits for people with severe disabilities untouched. He did not dispute the report about potential AISH cuts coming. Cutting AISH could increase health costs, advocate saysTrish Bowman, CEO of Inclusion Alberta, said she was devastated to hear the government considering reductions to AISH benefits. Should the government reduce AISH benefits, it would be a cruel broken promise from the government, Notley said. The government has previously come under fire for de-indexing AISH benefits from inflation in the October 2019 budget and changing the dates of payments in March of this year.

Source: CBC News September 11, 2020 23:00 UTC