Let’s celebrate the Canada Disability Benefit—but it must be strengthened

The benefit falls far short of what is needed. The $200 monthly amount is inadequate to lift anyone out of poverty.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The next government, whatever political stripe, must work to strengthen the benefit, write Rabia Khedr and Senator Chantal Petitclerc. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY RABIA KHEDR, ISG SENATOR CHANTAL PETITCLERC

March 28, 2025

The Canadian flag, $10-a-day childcare, the Canada Child Benefit: these are all celebrated hallmarks of the Liberal government legacy, but noticeably absent from this list is the Canada Disability Benefit. This omission underscores how easily people with disabilities are for...

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