by Amy Ma | May 23, 2024 | Bill C-22
Join us to reflect on the federal budget and the Canada Disability Benefit. We will assess why the Canada Disability Benefit turned out this way, and what’s to...
by Amy Ma | May 1, 2024 | Stories
By Rabia Khedr and Michelle Hewitt May 1, 2024 The federal government has been promising a federal disability benefit since 2020 – touted as a game changer for the many persons with disabilities living in poverty in this country. It has not lived up to its promise. It...
by Amy Ma | Apr 19, 2024 | Bill C-22
Disability community underwhelmed and disappointed by investments in Budget 2024 April 18, 2024 Today, the National Disability Network expresses its disappointment in Budget 2024’s underwhelming investment of $6 a day for people with disabilities. Tuesday’s budget...
by Amy Ma | Apr 18, 2024 | Press Releases
For Immediate Release Media Advisory April 16, 2024 Disability Without Poverty recognizes historic federal disability benefit in the Budget Canada Disability Benefit will transform the lives of a few disabled Canadians while many disabled Canadians lose hope (Ottawa):...
by Amy Ma | Apr 15, 2024 | Stories
by Rabia Khedr and Neil Hetherington April 15, 2024 It seems there’s not much Canadians politically agree on these days. Which is why it was heartening to see that regardless of partisan allegiances or regional differences, most Canadians agree that it’s long past...