✔︎ Bill C-22, Canada Disability Benefit Act
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
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