Friday, November 1, 2024

Canada’s Politics and Government News Source Since 1989

Friday, November 1, 2024 | Latest Paper

TRENDING:

Canada Disability Benefit needs to be hefty enough to lift Canadians with disabilities out of legislated poverty

The Canada Disability Benefit would provide regular income support to Canadians with disabilities aged 18-64 years, supplementing provincial or territorial disability assistance. The benefit could provide people with disabilities enough income to lift them out of poverty, but this can't happen until Parliament passes Bill C-22.

Opinion
BY RABIA KHEDR AND ART EGGLETON
April 24, 2023

Opinion | BY RABIA KHEDR AND ART EGGLETON | April 24, 2023

More Opinion

Trump’s climate ignorance won’t derail global efforts

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Will Susan Holt’s new government continue New Brunswick’s nuclear fantasies?

OpinionBY SUSAN O’DONNELL

Bill C-20 is a missed opportunity for real accountability

OpinionBY FAISAL KUTTY

Saving the political furniture

OpinionBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Continued cost of inaction on breast screening guidelines is too high

OpinionBY JENNIE DALE

Related Stories

Guaranteed livable income is a basic solution for Canada’s hard economic times

OpinionBY KIM PATE

‘We’ve had a change in minister but not a change in government’: disability groups look to new minister to keep pre-shuffle promises

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Canada’s disability benefit is a step forward, but we still need a guaranteed basic income

OpinionBY ALEXANDRA ZANNIS, ELLEN SPANNAGEL

Promised federal disability benefit could make ‘a huge dent’ in poverty rate if done right, say advocates

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

To stabilize Canada’s economy, start with a guaranteed liveable income

OpinionBY SENATOR KIM PATE