Pre-Budget Consultations 2025 Questionnaire Submission Guide
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Pre-Budget Consultations 2025 - Canada.ca
1. How can the government build one strong economy today and for the future?
(Select “Other - please specify” to type in the following answer)
Suggested Answer: The government can build a strong and inclusive economy by removing the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) as a mandatory requirement for accessing the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), ensuring financial security for more people with disabilities. Additionally, Bill C-4 reduces the DTC’s value by approximately $51 in 2025 and $101 in 2026, negatively impacting 963,000 disabled Canadians and raising significant equality concerns under section 15 of the Charter. We urge the government to restore the DTC’s full value to protect disabled Canadians from increased economic hardship.
2. What are the most important ways the Government of Canada can help Canadians in their day-to-day lives?
(Select “Other - please specify” to type in the following answer)
Suggested Answer: Expand access to the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) by decoupling it from the Disability Tax Credit (DTC), which is costly, complex, and exclusionary. An accessible CDB will directly improve the daily lives and financial stability of disabled Canadians. The government must also reverse Bill C-4’s tax changes that reduce the DTC’s value, harming over 900,000 disabled Canadians who depend on it to manage additional disability-related costs, exacerbating inequality and potentially infringing on equality rights under section 15 of the Charter.
3. What is your highest priority when it comes to Canada’s defence and security?
(Select “Other - please specify” to type in the following answer)
Suggested Answer: Economic security is integral to national security. Marginalized communities, including disabled Canadians, face threats from economic exclusion, poverty, and vulnerability during crises. Strengthening and broadening access to the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is essential for national resilience. Additionally, we urge the government to reverse Bill C-4’s reduction of the Disability Tax Credit (DTC), which negatively affects nearly one million disabled Canadians and undermines equality under the Charter.
4. What is one suggestion you have for how the federal government can support you or your community?
(Select “Other - please specify” to type in the following answer - maximum 255 characters)
Suggested Answer: Expand CDB access by removing the DTC eligibility requirement, ensuring greater financial security and economic inclusion for disabled Canadians.
5. What province or territory do you live in?
(MANDATORY - Select one)
6. Which of the following age groups do you fall into?
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7. How do you identify yourself?
(OPTIONAL - Select one)
8. Do you identify as any of the following?
(OPTIONAL - Select all that apply)
9. In what capacity are you completing this survey?
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10. Which of the following categories best describes your total household income? That is, the total income of all persons in your household combined, before taxes?
(MANDATORY - Select one)