Bring in the Canada Disability Benefit without delay

Bill C-22 should be put on the fast track and passed before the end of the year so that people with disabilities can live with basic dignity.

Disability Inclusion Minister Carla Qualtrough, right, with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland in August 2020. Following the introduction of Bill C-22, disabled Canadians felt heard and validated after feeling left behind by the government’s ableist responses to the pandemic, writes Rabia Khedr. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY RABIA KHEDR

October 17, 2022

Imagine having a disability and navigating societal barriers on a daily basis. Then, imagine adding the barriers that poverty brings, compounding the sense of exclusion from the benefits of a democratic, free-market economy. People find it hard when they combat disability-related barriers and don’...

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