by Amy Ma | Feb 10, 2023 | Front Page, Press Releases
Dear Members of the Senate Please accept this as our follow up to the discussions we had with so many of you in individual meetings in the last few months. We very much appreciated the opportunity to discuss Bill C-22 given our individual lived experiences of...
by Amy Ma | Feb 2, 2023 | Front Page, Press Releases
For Immediate Release February 2, 2023 Disability Without Poverty remains hopeful about Bill C-22 (Toronto) –Disabled Canadians hold guarded optimism that Bill C-22, the Canada Disability Benefit, will continue to make steady progress as it enters the Senate....
by Amy Ma | Jan 24, 2023 | Front Page, Stories
A personal tribute to David Onley, former lieutenant governor of Ontario By Rabia Khedr The disability community is in shock over the passing of David Onley, former lieutenant governor of Ontario, at age 72. He was a shining star in the disability community and...
by Amy Ma | Jan 10, 2023 | Bill C-22, Front Page
By Rabia Khedr It’s perplexing for us disabled people and advocates that so many media headlines point to the extreme financial struggles of people with disabilities in our inflationary economy while the powers that be continue debating details. What details? Our...
by Amy Ma | Jan 6, 2023 | Bill C-22, Front Page
The proposed Canada Disability Benefit could help address inequality — but only if it’s a top-up that doesn’t lead to provincial benefits being clawed back. By Tom Jackman Bill C-22, the proposed federal Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), passed its second...
by Amy Ma | Dec 14, 2022 | Bill C-22, Front Page
In celebration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, join Disability Without Poverty to find out how our year went and where things are going with the Canada Disability Benefit. We’ll talk about our achievements these past 12 months and what...
