Disability benefit and gun control bills could rank high for Liberal priorities prior to summer break, say lobbyists

The House will adjourn for the summer on June 23, and will resume in mid-September.

Disability Inclusion Minister Carla Qualtrough said that Bill C-22 presents a 'once-in-a-generation opportunity to create a new benefit that will lift many working-age Canadians with disabilities out of poverty,' in an Employment and Social Development Canada press release issued on Feb. 2.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

May 15, 2023

Important legislation that the Liberal government may try to see passed prior to the summer hiatus starting next month could include a controversial gun control bill and a landmark disability benefit bill, according to some lobbyists.

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