With Bill C\u002D22, Canadians have been well served by two houses of Parliament working together to make lives better.
In recent years, the Senate has played an increasingly important role in proposing amendments to key legislative initiatives.It has gained new respect through its prominent action on a wide range of contested public policy issues, including legislative reforms in areas as diverse as cannabis regulation, reforming RCMP members’ collective bargaining to include issues of harassment and workplace wellness, and the legalization of sex trade work.
Why is Bill C-22 so important? People with disabilities have long experienced deep poverty as barriers in transportation and education have made it difficult for many to secure full-time employment. Too often, this results in people with disabilities facing major challenges to thrive as constant financial worries regarding essentials such as food and rent weigh heavily on the mind.
Fourth, it set a one-year deadline to enact regulations to start paying out the Canada Disability Benefit.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Upon review by the House of Commons, nearly all the amendments proposed by the Senate were accepted. The exception was the provision that precluded insurance companies from clawing back the Canada Disability Benefit from people receiving long-term disability benefits.
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