Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough declined to put a price tag on the benefit but said it will be a multibillion-dollar-a-year program that she hopes will be funded in the 2024 federal budget
Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough says officials plan to work quickly on the details of a new multibillion-dollar Canada Disability Benefit following Parliament’s approval this week of Bill C-22, but the first payments to individuals are still about a 1½ years away.
In an interview with The Globe and Mail Thursday, Ms. Qualtrough declined to put a price tag on the benefit but said it will be a multibillion-dollar-a-year program that she hopes will be funded in the 2024 federal budget. The program is aimed at low-income adults – between the ages of 18 and 64 – with disabilities. It has been described as similar in design to the Guaranteed Income Supplement , which is a top up to the Old Age Security benefit for low-income seniors.
in the Senate however, following testimony from some legal experts who warned that the program could simply lead to provinces and private insurance companies clawing back existing supports, leaving disabled Canadians no better off. Disability advocates praised this week’s passage of Bill C-22 and pledged to work with the government on the details.
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