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.
press releases
Press release: Disability Without Poverty remains hopeful about Bill C-22
Disabled Canadians hold guarded optimism that Bill C-22, the Canada Disability Benefit, will continue to make steady progress as it enters the Senate.
DWP Submits Brief in Support of Canada Disability Benefit
On November 11, 2022, Disability Without Poverty submitted the following brief to HUMA, the Government of Canada’s Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, outlining our recommendations with respect to Bill C-22, the Canada Disability Benefit.
Written submission for Pre-Budget Consultations for the 2022–2023 Federal Budget
On October 7, 2022, Disability Without Poverty submitted the following brief to the Government of Canada’s Standing Committee on Finance, outlining our recommendations with respect to Bill C-22, the Canada Disability Benefit.
Press Release: A Good Life, Not Assisted Death: Disabled People Call on Parliament to Fast-track Bill C-22, the Canada Disability Benefit, this Tuesday!
Disability Without Poverty (DWP), a national grassroots movement of people with disabilities, is pleased that when Parliament returns, the first order of business on Tuesday, September 20 is the second reading of Bill C-22, the proposed Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) Act, led by Minister Carla Qualtrough.