OTTAWA — Canada's new disability benefit — a program that provides eligible people with up to $200 a month — is now open for applications. The prog
OTTAWA — Canada’s new disability benefit — a program that provides eligible people with up to $200 a month — is now open for applications. The program is available to people with disabilities between the ages of 18 and 64 who already have been approved for the disability tax credit.
The payments are meant to supplement provincial and territorial programs and Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said all provinces and territories except for Alberta have pledged not to claw back their own benefits. The benefit was part of the Trudeau Liberal government’s promise to help lift people with disabilities out of poverty. Many advocates for people with disabilities have panned the benefit, saying it will do little to actually address poverty.“I don’t think that disability is what a person needs to sustain themselves, and I don’t think it was designed in that way,” she said in a recent interview. “But it is a payment that allows for a fuller autonomy of people with disabilities in that it’s not directed towards any specific thing. It is a benefit that people can use to supplement whatever other earnings or income that they have.” As part of the program, the government is providing funding to community organizations to help people who may need guidance on applying for the tax credit or the benefit program.Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian PressCtrl+Enter
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