Gray is calling out the amount of talking they did with no substance, she wants a timeline but he blames parliamentary timeline for holding up his timeline, best estimate is a year?
Bynen asks about episodic disabilities like arthritis and MS etc, response is we need to look at the diversity of it, eligibility and criteria, some benefits 3 months up to permanent. income tested.
Bonita: how many people will access this benefit?
Wilcox: 6.2 million disabled Canadians
4 million are working age
917,000 working age disabled who live in poverty.
Conrad: we need to take the opportunity to discourse with the disability community because they have discoursed with us that they need to be engaged in the discourse. Harmonize the subsidy with supplementation but we need to take time to do the studies. gibberish.
Mike Morrice: You had many round tables, where are those amendments, why is the bill the same as June 2021.
Chabot: what do you mean by working age? consulting do you walk in with min revenue, or possible list of criteria, so we can start on something you present?
Wilcox: in terms of working age, no definition, intent is to target this population, up to 18 and over 65 have benefits.
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ADVOCACY GROUP SHOCKED BY LACK OF PREPARATION BEFORE FIRST FEDERAL DISABILITY BENEFIT MEETING
Even committee members question the amount of time and round table studies that produced hardly any data for Bill C-22
2. [Parliament, Ottawa,] — There were twelve people from across Canada all on mute taking in yesterday’s first meeting of Bill C-22’s HUMA Committee. The disappointment was palpable as we were let down again by a lack of preparation on behalf of the legislation’s author and team.