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House Hansard - 210

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 9, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 210 - Jun/9/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Jun/9/23 11:46:03 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, close to a million people living with a disability live in poverty, and the Liberals have left them to suffer. The Canada disability benefit must be the solution to finally enable them to make ends meet, otherwise the government continues to be part of the problem. People living with a disability deserve to live in dignity. Will the Liberals ensure that this new benefit will lift people living with a disability out of poverty?
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Context: House Hansard - 210 - Jun/9/23
Mr. Irek Kusmierczyk (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Lib.)
  • Jun/9/23 11:46:39 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-22 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her collaboration and her advocacy on this critically important issue. In Canada, no person with a disability should live in poverty, period. That is why we are creating the Canada disability benefit, an income supplement with the potential to seriously reduce poverty and improve financial security for hundreds of thousands of working-age persons with disabilities. In February, the House unanimously adopted Bill C-22. Bill C-22 is now on the calendar for debate in the House on June 14. We are looking forward to getting this legislation past the finish line as quickly as possible.
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