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Lobbying by Disability Without Poverty: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.

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Organization

Disability Without Poverty

Meetings this Parliament
11
With MPs
2
Since Nov 2021
11
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 28, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Feb 11, 2026

Filed by Rabia Khedr, National Director

Lobbyists

  • Omar Akeileh · Government Relations and Communications Manager
  • Rabia Khedr · National Director

Institutions they may lobby: Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Office of the Federal Housing Advocate, Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (3)
  • Interaction between the Disability Tax Credit and the Canada Disability Benefit. Discussions regarding how Disability Tax Credit eligibility affects access to the Canada Disability Benefit, including administrative alignment, eligibility pathways, and potential policy changes to reduce barriers to benefit access.
  • Disability Tax Credit – eligibility criteria and administration. Engagement with federal officials regarding eligibility rules, certification requirements, reassessment processes, and administrative barriers affecting access to the Disability Tax Credit.
  • Canada Disability Benefit – program design, implementation, and adequacy. Discussions with federal officials regarding the implementation of the Canada Disability Benefit, including benefit levels, eligibility pathways, administrative access, and interactions with provincial disability assistance programs.

Registration 963474-385056-1. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Rabia Khedr · In-house (organization)

    Canada Disability Benefit – program design, implementation, and adequacy. Discussions with federal officials regarding the implementation of the Canada Disability Benefit, including benefit levels, eligibility pathways, administrative access, and interactions with provincial disability assistance programs. Read more

    Disability Tax Credit – eligibility criteria and administration. Engagement with federal officials regarding eligibility rules, certification requirements, reassessment processes, and administrative barriers affecting access to the Disability Tax Credit.

    Interaction between the Disability Tax Credit and the Canada Disability Benefit. Discussions regarding how Disability Tax Credit eligibility affects access to the Canada Disability Benefit, including administrative alignment, eligibility pathways, and potential policy changes to reduce barriers to benefit access.

    Official report

  • Reported by Rabia Khedr · In-house (organization)

    • Alana Powell · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Interaction between the Disability Tax Credit and the Canada Disability Benefit. Discussions regarding how Disability Tax Credit eligibility affects access to the Canada Disability Benefit, including administrative alignment, eligibility pathways, and potential policy changes to reduce barriers to benefit access. Read more

    Canada Disability Benefit – program design, implementation, and adequacy. Discussions with federal officials regarding the implementation of the Canada Disability Benefit, including benefit levels, eligibility pathways, administrative access, and interactions with provincial disability assistance programs.

    Disability Tax Credit – eligibility criteria and administration. Engagement with federal officials regarding eligibility rules, certification requirements, reassessment processes, and administrative barriers affecting access to the Disability Tax Credit.

    Official report

  • Reported by Rabia Khedr · In-house (organization)

    • Pierre Leblanc · Director General, Personal Income Tax, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Ariane Brule · Director, Social Tax Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Sima Joshi-Koop · Senior Tax Policy Officer, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Interaction between the Disability Tax Credit and the Canada Disability Benefit. Discussions regarding how Disability Tax Credit eligibility affects access to the Canada Disability Benefit, including administrative alignment, eligibility pathways, and potential policy changes to reduce barriers to benefit access. Read more

    Disability Tax Credit – eligibility criteria and administration. Engagement with federal officials regarding eligibility rules, certification requirements, reassessment processes, and administrative barriers affecting access to the Disability Tax Credit.

    Canada Disability Benefit – program design, implementation, and adequacy. Discussions with federal officials regarding the implementation of the Canada Disability Benefit, including benefit levels, eligibility pathways, administrative access, and interactions with provincial disability assistance programs.

    Official report

  • Reported by Rabia Khedr · In-house (organization)

    • Alana Powell · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Disability Tax Credit – eligibility criteria and administration. Engagement with federal officials regarding eligibility rules, certification requirements, reassessment processes, and administrative barriers affecting access to the Disability Tax Credit. Read more

    Canada Disability Benefit – program design, implementation, and adequacy. Discussions with federal officials regarding the implementation of the Canada Disability Benefit, including benefit levels, eligibility pathways, administrative access, and interactions with provincial disability assistance programs.

    Interaction between the Disability Tax Credit and the Canada Disability Benefit. Discussions regarding how Disability Tax Credit eligibility affects access to the Canada Disability Benefit, including administrative alignment, eligibility pathways, and potential policy changes to reduce barriers to benefit access.

    Official report

  • Reported by Rabia Khedr · In-house (organization)

    • Fahim Khan · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Disability Tax Credit – eligibility criteria and administration. Engagement with federal officials regarding eligibility rules, certification requirements, reassessment processes, and administrative barriers affecting access to the Disability Tax Credit. Read more

    Canada Disability Benefit – program design, implementation, and adequacy. Discussions with federal officials regarding the implementation of the Canada Disability Benefit, including benefit levels, eligibility pathways, administrative access, and interactions with provincial disability assistance programs.

    Interaction between the Disability Tax Credit and the Canada Disability Benefit. Discussions regarding how Disability Tax Credit eligibility affects access to the Canada Disability Benefit, including administrative alignment, eligibility pathways, and potential policy changes to reduce barriers to benefit access.

    Official report

  • Reported by Rabia Khedr · In-house (organization)

    • Amen Ben Ahmouda · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Disability Tax Credit – eligibility criteria and administration. Engagement with federal officials regarding eligibility rules, certification requirements, reassessment processes, and administrative barriers affecting access to the Disability Tax Credit. Read more

    Canada Disability Benefit – program design, implementation, and adequacy. Discussions with federal officials regarding the implementation of the Canada Disability Benefit, including benefit levels, eligibility pathways, administrative access, and interactions with provincial disability assistance programs.

    Interaction between the Disability Tax Credit and the Canada Disability Benefit. Discussions regarding how Disability Tax Credit eligibility affects access to the Canada Disability Benefit, including administrative alignment, eligibility pathways, and potential policy changes to reduce barriers to benefit access.

    Official report

  • Reported by Rabia Khedr · In-house (organization)

    • Christopher Bowen · Director General, Benefit Programs Directorate, Assessment, Benefit and Service Branch, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
    • Bruce Bachelder · Director of the Disability Benefits Division, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
    Disability Tax Credit – eligibility criteria and administration. Engagement with federal officials regarding eligibility rules, certification requirements, reassessment processes, and administrative barriers affecting access to the Disability Tax Credit. Read more

    Interaction between the Disability Tax Credit and the Canada Disability Benefit. Discussions regarding how Disability Tax Credit eligibility affects access to the Canada Disability Benefit, including administrative alignment, eligibility pathways, and potential policy changes to reduce barriers to benefit access.

    Canada Disability Benefit – program design, implementation, and adequacy. Discussions with federal officials regarding the implementation of the Canada Disability Benefit, including benefit levels, eligibility pathways, administrative access, and interactions with provincial disability assistance programs.

    Official report

  • Reported by Rabia Khedr · In-house (organization)

    • Pierre Leblanc · Director General, Personal Income Tax, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Galen Countryman · Director General, Federal-Provincial Relations Division, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Canada Disability Benefit – program design, implementation, and adequacy. Discussions with federal officials regarding the implementation of the Canada Disability Benefit, including benefit levels, eligibility pathways, administrative access, and interactions with provincial disability assistance programs. Read more

    Disability Tax Credit – eligibility criteria and administration. Engagement with federal officials regarding eligibility rules, certification requirements, reassessment processes, and administrative barriers affecting access to the Disability Tax Credit.

    Interaction between the Disability Tax Credit and the Canada Disability Benefit. Discussions regarding how Disability Tax Credit eligibility affects access to the Canada Disability Benefit, including administrative alignment, eligibility pathways, and potential policy changes to reduce barriers to benefit access.

    Official report

  • Reported by Rabia Khedr · In-house (organization)

    • Pierre Leblanc · Director General, Personal Income Tax, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Ariane Brule · Director, Social Tax Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Sima Joshi-Koop · Senior Tax Policy Officer, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Disability Tax Credit – eligibility criteria and administration. Engagement with federal officials regarding eligibility rules, certification requirements, reassessment processes, and administrative barriers affecting access to the Disability Tax Credit. Read more

    Canada Disability Benefit – program design, implementation, and adequacy. Discussions with federal officials regarding the implementation of the Canada Disability Benefit, including benefit levels, eligibility pathways, administrative access, and interactions with provincial disability assistance programs.

    Interaction between the Disability Tax Credit and the Canada Disability Benefit. Discussions regarding how Disability Tax Credit eligibility affects access to the Canada Disability Benefit, including administrative alignment, eligibility pathways, and potential policy changes to reduce barriers to benefit access.

    Official report

  • Reported by Rabia Khedr · In-house (organization)

    • Mausumi Banerjee · Exec. Dir., Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Kerry Anderson · Director, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Canada Disability Benefit – program design, implementation, and adequacy. Discussions with federal officials regarding the implementation of the Canada Disability Benefit, including benefit levels, eligibility pathways, administrative access, and interactions with provincial disability assistance programs. Read more

    Disability Tax Credit – eligibility criteria and administration. Engagement with federal officials regarding eligibility rules, certification requirements, reassessment processes, and administrative barriers affecting access to the Disability Tax Credit.

    Interaction between the Disability Tax Credit and the Canada Disability Benefit. Discussions regarding how Disability Tax Credit eligibility affects access to the Canada Disability Benefit, including administrative alignment, eligibility pathways, and potential policy changes to reduce barriers to benefit access.

    Official report

  • Reported by Rabia Khedr · In-house (organization)

    • Leslie Church · Parliamentary Secretary
    • Amen Ben Ahmouda · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Manvir Shokar · Special Assistant, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Canada Disability Benefit – program design, implementation, and adequacy. Discussions with federal officials regarding the implementation of the Canada Disability Benefit, including benefit levels, eligibility pathways, administrative access, and interactions with provincial disability assistance programs. Read more

    Interaction between the Disability Tax Credit and the Canada Disability Benefit. Discussions regarding how Disability Tax Credit eligibility affects access to the Canada Disability Benefit, including administrative alignment, eligibility pathways, and potential policy changes to reduce barriers to benefit access.

    Disability Tax Credit – eligibility criteria and administration. Engagement with federal officials regarding eligibility rules, certification requirements, reassessment processes, and administrative barriers affecting access to the Disability Tax Credit.

    Official report

From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026. Reports cover oral, arranged meetings with designated public office holders since November 22, 2021; lobbyists file them by the 15th of the following month. Names of MPs are matched to the current House of Commons, and bills are linked when the lobbyist's own description makes clear which bill it means. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement — Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Licence. PolitiKit is independent and is not endorsed by the Commissioner of Lobbying.