The feds found money fast for a GST holiday—why not for the years-promised Canada Disability Benefit?

If billions can suddenly be found for untargeted giveaways, why has the CDB been relegated to fiscal crumbs?

Recent developments only reinforce why Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has earned its failing grade when it comes to keeping promises to Canadians with disabilities, write Michelle Hewitt and Luca 'Lazy Legs' Patuelli. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHELLE HEWITT, LUCA PATUELLI

January 5, 2025

In 2023, Disability Without Poverty and Campaign 2000’s Disability Poverty Report Card graded the federal government an “I” for "Incompl...

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