The murder of Tracy Latimer highlighted a better dead than disabled attitude. Issues such as quality of life and end of suffering are seen by many in the disability community as just new wrappings on the old idea of eugenics and race betterment. A registered nurse and a mother, she was denied the benefits she expected from the unemployment insurance system when she was in need. Her appeal judge says the law is wrong. April 30th is tax time in Canada.
Nobody likes to pay taxes so it is often a sad day.
But fair taxes are part of a just society. Unfair taxes are not. In response, thousands of us will come to Quebec City to resist them. From Canada to Argentina, women and men will take action to express our opposition to the extension of the corporate web. These are the stories of women who resist laws that unjustly curtail their freedom.