The new Federal Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is scheduled to roll-out this summer with eligible recipients expecting to receive their first installment in July 2025.
Our office is hearing from disabled folks and disability advocates who are appalled by Alberta's decision to claw back the Federal CDB for individuals receiving provincial disability support.
I have written to Premier Doug Ford and Minister Michael Parsa (Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services) re-asserting the ONDP's stance that the CDB must be a top-up for provincial benefits, not a replacement. My ONDP colleagues have all signed on.
The ONDP is calling on the Ontario government to join Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Nunavut, Quebec, and British Columbia and announce immediately that we will not claw back social assistance for disabled people.
Letter below:
