When asked by iPolitics if the Liberals were only considering changes to the disability benefit because of NDP pressure, she emphatically said “certainly not.”
When asked by iPolitics if the Liberals were only considering changes to the disability benefit because of NDP pressure, she emphatically said “certainly not.”Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds, left to right, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland and Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne hold a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Tuesday pushed against criticism the Liberals were siding with the insurance industry on the new disability benefit as the NDP presses for stronger assurances the new payments will not be clawed back in exchange for supporting the 2024 budget. Freeland told reporters that talks are ongoing with the NDP on the budget but dismissed claims the Liberals were backtracking on earlier claims that they couldn’t expressly bar insurers from clawing back the payments because it was a matter of provincial jurisdiction.if the Liberals were only considering changes to the benefit because of NDP pressure, she emphatically said “certainly not.”
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