Some night recall the Federal government's "thwarted" attempt in June to provide a one-time non-reportable payment to individuals with disabilites to "navigate the effects of the [COVID] outbreak" and "assist with additional expenses incurred during the pandemic". "
Thwarted" by party politics, it was.
Today, they return to the House of Commons for Round Two:
Today, the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, announced that the Government of Canada intends to propose legislation that would make the benefit available to more people and expand the one-time payment to include approximately 1.7 million Canadians with disabilitiesYou will qualify if you receive any of the following benefits/services:
- a Disability Tax Credit certificate provided by the Canada Revenue Agency;
- Canada Pension Plan disability benefit or Quebec Pension Plan disability benefit; or
- disability supports provided by Veterans Affairs Canada.
This too is good news in that eligibility criteria have been expanded. I'm fairly confident that the original proposal would have only provided the payment to those in receipt of the Disability Tax Credit.
Here's hoping and praying that the Department of Community Services doesn't claw this one back too (as they did with the CERB).
ROUND TWO [bell rings]
