Rabia Khedr

Rabia Khedr is a national director for Disability Without Poverty.

Let’s celebrate the Canada Disability Benefit—but it must be strengthened

• The benefit falls far short of what is needed. The $200 monthly amount is inadequate to lift anyone out of poverty.

Opinion | BY RABIA KHEDR, ISG SENATOR CHANTAL PETITCLERC | March 28, 2025

Let’s celebrate the Canada Disability Benefit—but it must be strengthened

Opinion | BY RABIA KHEDR, ISG SENATOR CHANTAL PETITCLERC | March 28, 2025

• The benefit falls far short of what is needed. The $200 monthly amount is inadequate to lift anyone out of poverty.

Let’s celebrate the Canada Disability Benefit—but it must be strengthened

Opinion | BY RABIA KHEDR, ISG SENATOR CHANTAL PETITCLERC | March 28, 2025

• The benefit falls far short of what is needed. The $200 monthly amount is inadequate to lift anyone out of poverty.

Disability policy tests Canadian values

• Justice delayed is justice denied, and if we wait for legislation determining all of the details of a perfect benefit, it will be too

Opinion | BY RABIA KHEDR | January 25, 2023

Disability policy tests Canadian values

Opinion | BY RABIA KHEDR | January 25, 2023

• Justice delayed is justice denied, and if we wait for legislation determining all of the details of a perfect benefit, it will be too

Disability policy tests Canadian values

Opinion | BY RABIA KHEDR | January 25, 2023

• Justice delayed is justice denied, and if we wait for legislation determining all of the details of a perfect benefit, it will be too

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