The Disability Tax Credit is a barrier to the Canada Disability Benefit
It’s time to cut the red tape for disability support.
Beyond buzzwords: we need more disabled voices in Canadian politics
Our political landscape and the people working in it should reflect the diversity of our population.
Disability Benefit regulations show feds don’t care about institutionalized Canadians
After being abandoned through the pandemic, disabled people living in long-term care facilities and group homes are once again invisible to the Liberals in Ottawa’s new draft regulations.
Liberal talk of provincial clawbacks a tactic to distract from ‘insultingly low’ disability benefit, say advocates
‘People with disabilities were led to believe this program would lift them out of poverty,’ says social policy expert John Stapleton, but none believed the Liberals would go ‘so low’ with the monthly benefit amount.
Time to act on Canada Disability Benefit promise
Lessons learned from the employment insurance model should find their way into the new benefit.
Advocates call on Liberals to fund Canada Disability Benefit in Budget 2024
Persons with Disabilities Minister Kamal Khera will need support at the cabinet table to push for a new multi-billion-dollar social program at a time when the finance minister has spoken of the need for fiscal restraint, say disability and poverty experts.
‘We’ve had a change in minister but not a change in government’: disability groups look to new minister to keep pre-shuffle promises
Advocates say they supported the Canada Disability Benefit bill because they were promised ‘meaningful participation’ in the next stage, but aren’t sure they are going to get it.
The ‘time tax’ needs to be a priority
At its best, the time tax is annoying, but at its worst, it’s actively harmful, preventing Canadians from accessing services they need.
Promised federal disability benefit could make ‘a huge dent’ in poverty rate if done right, say advocates
Bill C-22, which would create a framework for the Canada Disability Benefit, will be a House priority the week of June 12, says Government House Leader Mark Holland.
Qualtrough looks to leverage trust of disability community as Senate committee studies landmark benefit
Bill C-22 would create a major social program to address the high poverty rates for people with disabilities, but the ‘framework bill’ relies on not-yet-written regulations to do the heavy lifting.
