✔︎ Bill C-22, Canada Disability Benefit Act

Bill

Bill C-22, An Act to reduce poverty and to support the financial security of persons with disabilities by establishing the Canada disability benefit and making a consequential amendment to the Income Tax Act

Vote

Yea.

Rationale

The Act will become an important part of Canada’s social safety net, alongside OAS, GIS, and the Canada Child Benefit. It has the potential to significantly reduce poverty for hundreds of thousands of Canadians with disabilities.

Passed.

Bill Status

Royal Assent received