Disability advocates launch ‘Canada Disability Benefit diet’ to highlight ‘impossible choices’ recipients face

NDP MP Leah Gazan says the federal government is ignoring concerns over its ‘totally inadequate’ disability benefit.

Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu's office told The Hill Times the government is determined to 'get this right,' and is committed to making the Canada Disability Benefit's eligibility and accessibility 'as barrier-free and straightforward as possible.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

September 24, 2025

As disability advocates call on the federal government to increase its "totally inadequate" federal benefit regime ahead of this year's budget, the Daily Bread Food Bank has released a new campaign highlighting the "impossible choices" beneficiaries face living on $7 per day...

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