Bill C-35 · 43th Parliament · Justin Trudeau
Canada Disability Benefit Act
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
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- IntroducedJune 22, 2021
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- Justin TrudeauPrime Minister
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What it set out to do
On 22 June 2021, the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion introduced Bill C-35, 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), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading. Bill C-35 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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