Quebec election: Liberals to hike monthly payments for handicapped

SHERBROOKE — Quebec Liberal leader Philippe Couillard pledged on Friday to increase financial aid and offer more access to health-care and lodging services for handicapped Quebecers and their families.
At present, 34,000 handicapped children receive payments of $2,300 a year. If elected, the Liberals will increase annual payments for 10,000 of those children deemed to be more seriously handicapped to $5,900 annually.
An additional 2,000 children in the province who are designated as severe