Oct. 18: Bill C22 - the Canada Disability Benefit Act - was adopted at 2nd reading unanimously. It now goes to the HUMA committee for review before returning to the House for the 3rd and final reading. 

The aim of the proposed CDB will be to supplement, not replace, existing federal and provincial/territorial supports with a goal of improving financial security for persons with disabilities and reducing poverty.

With the Canada Disability Benefit, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to correct the long-standing social and economic exclusion that is the lived experience of far too many people with disabilities in our country. We can seriously reduce poverty and improve the financial security of working-age Canadians with disabilities. We have the opportunity to create a Canada that includes everyone.