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Index Number: 26948

The Ontario (NDP) government has announced a policy of eleiminating
sheltered workshops for the developmentally handicapped (this is the
latest euphemism for those who used to be called mentally retarded).

The government is eliminating the workshop programs in favour or
"community" solutions. The government does not intend to define these
solutions but will rely on the "community" to propose, plan, sponsor
and administer programs which the government will then "fund".
The government has provided no basis on what the philosophy or capability
of these "community" programs will be. Instead the government has reduced
the budget for sheltered workshops by 60%.

The government has apparently decided to cease providing services to this
population and will instead provide politcally correct rhetoric on
"community living". The government realizes that shletered workshops
are a necessity as was admitted by the Minister of Social Services.
They just do not want to pay for them and hope that the ill defined
nebulous "community" will rally to support this group which is among the
most helpless in society.

There has been no announcement but the same policy of political rhetoric
is now being planned for the pschiatrically diasabled as well.

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