Time to act on Canada Disability Benefit promise

Lessons learned from the employment insurance model should find their way into the new benefit.

The budget is the perfect time for Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to detail the structure of the new benefit, write Renze Nauta and Andreae Sennyah. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY RENZE NAUTA, ANDREAE SENNYAH

April 10, 2024

Will the federal government make good on its long-promised Canada Disability Benefit in Budget 2024? That’s what people with disabilities and their supporters will be looking for among the hundreds of initiatives Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is likely to roll out. An...

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