Disability

Tory pledge to expand DTC eligibility would cost $177M over five years

Promise to extend sickness benefits would cost $4B over the same time period

By Rudy Mezzetta |September 10, 2021

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Repay RDSP grants and bonds to eligible people, demand advocates

People who lost DTC eligibility under now-changed rules had to close their RDSPs and repay $34.4 million in grants and bonds

By Rudy Mezzetta |August 30, 2021

5 min read

Advocates hopeful new federal disability benefit could improve access

The Liberal government's proposed Canada Disability Benefit would be modelled on the guaranteed income supplement

By Rudy Mezzetta |August 3, 2021

5 min read

Disability advocates say budget proposals alone won’t solve DTC access problems

While the new measures are welcome, experts say there are still problems with how the disability tax credit is administered

By Rudy Mezzetta |July 21, 2021

5 min read