Government progress incomplete, as people with disabilities continue to struggle in deep poverty

Government progress incomplete, as people with disabilities continue to struggle in deep poverty
People with disabilities can’t wait! The Canada Disability Benefit will be a vital game-changer, and the need is urgent.
Disability Without Poverty is encouraged by some positive signs from yesterday’s budget, which will bring the much-needed Canada Disability Benefit closer to reality.
Dear Members of the Senate, we ask that while you give Bill C-22 your full attention, you also ensure that it moves to Royal Assent with all haste.
Disabled Canadians hold guarded optimism that Bill C-22, the Canada Disability Benefit, will continue to make steady progress as it enters the Senate.