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House Hansard - 80

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 2, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 80 - Jun/2/22
Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)
  • Jun/2/22 2:29:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, half the people who use food banks and half the people who are homeless in Canada are persons with disabilities. A year ago, the Liberals introduced a bill on benefits, but did nothing with it. They had a year to hold consultations and today they are introducing the exact same bogus bill. Worse yet, the minister says that it will take another three years before people receive anything. Why do the Liberals always pretend to be concerned about persons with disabilities? Why not bring in these benefits immediately?
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Context: House Hansard - 80 - Jun/2/22
Hon. Carla Qualtrough (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Lib.)
  • Jun/2/22 2:30:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Canada disability benefit has the potential to lift hundreds of thousands of working-age Canadians with disabilities out of poverty. Since we committed to creating this benefit, we have worked non-stop with the disability community and with the provinces and territories. We are a lot closer now than where we were to getting this done. We need to be absolutely sure that provinces and territories do not claw back existing benefits. We need to be sure that the needs and desires of the disability community are reflected in this benefit. That is why we are working with all of these partners to make sure people are better off.
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