As the NDP Critic for Disability and Inclusion I present to you my letter to Minister Qualtrough requesting that Bill C-22 – the Canada Disability Benefit Act – be brought forward for 3rd Reading as a matter of urgency when the House returns on 30 January 2023.

  OTTAWA — On Tuesday, Liberals rejected an NDP proposal to consider an emergency relief fund to lift people living with a disability out of poverty while they wait for the Canada Disability Benefit.   “Close to a million Canadians with a disability live in poverty, and with the rising cost-of-living crisis, their situation is getting more dire every day,” said Bonita Zarrillo, NDP Critic for Disability Inclusion. “The Liberals don’t even want to explore...

The Canada disability benefit proposed by the Liberal government could make a difference but instead it’s just an aspirational statement.

NDP Critic for Disability Inclusion, Bonita Zarrillo, issued the following statement:

NDP Housing Critic Jenny Kwan and NDP Critic for Disability Inclusion, Bonita Zarrillo, issued the following statement:

MP Bonita Zarrillo is looking to get the Canada Disability Benefit into federal legislation in an effort to help those "falling further and further behind.

 

We need to rebuild the Canada Infrastructure Bank with a new vision and mandate that abandons privatization and gives Indigenous, provincial, and municipal governments a seat at the table