Rajan Sawhney, Alberta's minister of community and social services, ruled out cuts to Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) payments in a statement posted on social media Saturday. "Let me state definitively that there will be no cuts to AISH financial benefits." Sawhney was responding to a Friday report from the Calgary Herald that the United Conservative Party government was considering cuts to AISH in 2021. AISH payments are received by approximately 70,000 Albertans. Parent says she wants stabilityKathy Marasco, who lives near Chestermere, has a 33-year-old son with autism who receives AISH payments.

Source: CBC News September 12, 2020 21:11 UTC