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House Hansard - 207

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 6, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 207 - Jun/6/23
Mr. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley, NDP)
  • Jun/6/23 2:51:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, last Friday, I met with a group in New Hazelton that works with adults with developmental disabilities. They told me that about half their clients were receiving letters from the CRA clawing back CERB benefits. The Liberals know full well that people living with disabilities are struggling to make ends meet, that they are twice as likely to be living in poverty, yet instead of helping them, they are harassing them with these CERB clawback letters. Will the minister do the right thing, stand today and commit to ending the CERB clawback for people with disabilities?
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Context: House Hansard - 207 - Jun/6/23
Mr. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley, NDP)
  • Jun/6/23 5:23:33 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Mr. Speaker, I want to ask my colleague from Charlottetown a question that I asked earlier in question period. Given what we know about the financial hardships faced by people living with disabilities, does he agree with me that the CRA should stop clawing back CERB from people in our country living with disabilities? People with disabilities are twice as likely to live below the poverty line given the challenges they face getting their bills paid and given the fact that the government has long delayed the Canada disability benefit. Does it not add insult to be clawing back the few benefits that these folks have received over the past two years?
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