title: Court of Appeal reaffirms long-term income support for alcohol and drug dependence.
abstract: On 16 September 2010, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a decision of the Social Benefits Tribunal that found discriminatory the exclusion from long-term income support of people suffering from alcohol or drug dependency.
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto. dw.bernstein@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bernstein
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D018868:Insurance, Disability / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009864:Ontario; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders