HUMA Committee Report
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Seventeenth Report
Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA)44th Parliament, 1st Session
Study
Canada Disability Benefit| The Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities presents to the House the following motion, which was adopted on December 11, 2023:That, given that:
(a) Twenty-two per cent of Canadians live with a disability but make up 41 percent of those who live in poverty; (b) The rising cost of housing, food, and medication is causing a cycle of poverty for persons living with a disability; c) The Canada Disability Benefit has not yet been delivered to Canadians, and the government has declined to implement a disability emergency relief benefit; The Committee report to the House that it asks the federal government to commit that the Canada Disability Benefit be implemented, and immediately delivered to persons with disabilities in the first quarter of 2024. |
| A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 95) is tabled. |