December 1, 2020

The Dishonourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Disability Exclusion, said during her side event at the United Nations that her government took longer than it should have to provide one-time $600 to approx. ⅓ of Canada’s disabled (DTC):

http://webtv.un.org/search/the-path-to-equality-from-accessibility-to-disability-inclusion-cosp13-side-event/6216784765001

Minister Qualtrough continued, saying that her government is thus “determined to not let history repeat itself,” and that part of their so doing: implement a Disability Inclusion Action Plan with new Canadian Disability Benefit.

But their Budget 2021 proves that that was a lie.

In the Budget 2021, Carla Qualtrough’s government commits $12-million over the next *three years* on consultations for reforming their benefits’ eligibility processes.

It took more than half a year to provide the aforementioned $600; the Minister then said, they wouldn’t repeat.

But instead of not repeating that half-year delay, Carla Qualtrough’s government is further delaying any potential additional help (that may not even arrive, as said in P. 459 summary screen capture above: “may lead to a new benefit”) upward of three years.

Where is the media?!

Attention: @CBCNews @CBCOttawa @CBCVancouver @CBCToronto @GlobalNational @GlobalNews @GlobalBC @CityNews @CityNewsVAN @GlobeandMail @NationalPost @Macleans @OttawaSunCom @OttawaCitizen @TheProvince @VancouverSun @TorontoStar

#Budget2021 #PWD #PWDs #ODSP https://twitter.com/DisabledVancity/status/1384847780917694464

Importantly, to counter their “provincial jurisdiction” lie. The federal government gave up to $8,000 to disabled students on provincial disability, who neither had to have ever worked prior or even look for work as non-severe risk students were required:

https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2020/05/backgrounder-the-canada-emergency-student-benefit.html