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C-22 House Government Bill

An Act to reduce poverty and to support the financial security of persons with disabilities by establishing the Canada disability benefit and making a consequential amendment to the Income Tax Act

Sponsor: Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion (Delta)

Proposed changes

On 2 June 2022, the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion introduced Bill C-22, An Act to reduce poverty and to support the financial security of persons with disabilities by establishing the Canada disability benefit and making a consequential amendment to the Income Tax Act (Canada Disability Benefit Act), and it was given first reading.

Bill C-22 establishes the Canada disability benefit to reduce poverty and to support the financial security of working-age persons with disabilities. It sets out general provisions for the administration of the benefit and authorizes the Governor in Council to implement most of the benefit’s design elements through regulations. It also makes a consequential amendment to the Income Tax Act.

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