Julie Leggett recently won an appeal board decision granting her a $450 reimbursement for an air conditioner, and she’s hoping the victory will become a wider policy in the Department of Community Services
As Nova Scotia politicians make their fall election promises, Julie Leggett is urging them to commit to helping people on income assistance stay cool during heat waves.
However, the Department of Community Services refused to pay for the unit, leading her to make her case before the Assistance Appeal Board.Julie Leggett poses for a selfie with her air conditioning unit in her New Glasgow, N.S., home, in a recent handout photo.In an Oct. 22 ruling, board member Wanda MacDonald agreed with Leggett that the medical conditions she experiences are made worse by the blasts of high heat that can sweep across the province in July and August.
“The appeal is granted,” wrote the board member. “The department will provide funding to reimburse the appellant for the portable air conditioner as a one-time special need.” “It is a need of every human being, whether they have a disability or health condition or not,” she said. On the provincial election campaign, two of the main parties’ leaders said they supported Leggett’s request for the policy change, while Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston, whose party is far ahead in recent polls, said he would consider it if re-elected Nov. 26.
“The NDP has previously called for air conditioning in long-term care and government-owned seniors buildings.”
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