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Overlooked again: what the $250 rebate says about disability policy in Canada

Opinion | BY KRISTA CARR | December 5, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland have proposed sending $250 rebate cheques to working Canadians who earned under $150,000 in 2023. The program leaves out many non-working Canadians with disabilities. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY KRISTA CARR | December 5, 2024
Opinion | BY KRISTA CARR | December 5, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland have proposed sending $250 rebate cheques to working Canadians who earned under $150,000 in 2023. The program leaves out many non-working Canadians with disabilities. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY KRISTA CARR | August 19, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Going into a federal election year, Canadians with disabilities are waiting to know how will each party commit to improving the Canada Disability Benefit, writes Krista Carr. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KRISTA CARR | August 19, 2024
Opinion | BY KRISTA CARR | August 19, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Going into a federal election year, Canadians with disabilities are waiting to know how will each party commit to improving the Canada Disability Benefit, writes Krista Carr. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KRISTA CARR | September 17, 2021
On the one year anniversary of the passage of the Accessible Canada Act in 2020, Disability Inclusion Minister Carla Qualtrough said its coming into force sent a clear message to Canadians that systems will be designed inclusively from the start and persons with disabilities will no longer be treated as an afterthought. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KRISTA CARR | September 17, 2021
Opinion | BY KRISTA CARR | September 17, 2021
On the one year anniversary of the passage of the Accessible Canada Act in 2020, Disability Inclusion Minister Carla Qualtrough said its coming into force sent a clear message to Canadians that systems will be designed inclusively from the start and persons with disabilities will no longer be treated as an afterthought. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade