Social and disability justice advocate. Social Work PhD Student @mcgillu and Policy Analyst @lasqdi. Working on financial sec for PWD. My opinions are my own.
Aug 23, 2023 • 29 tweets • 4 min read
Am in a public meeting with ESDC about the #CDB. I will post here whatever important/interesting information are given today. 1/
What they heard (non-exhaustive) : government is aware it needs to work on making applications easy. Definitions of disabilities used in different programs can cause confusion. There are concern about benefit coordination with other programs and clawbacks.
Dec 13, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
That's a wrap for #C22 study at #HUMA. It is now up to the government to get the bill passed before Friday. It's doable. If it does, the bill will go to the Senate and go through the motions of being studied.
A few observations: 1. The study has been carried pretty quickly and in a very collaborative manner. We've seen plenty of amendments from opposition parties that were carried. It's a great sign for the later study in Senate.
Dec 13, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The Bloc wants to establish some of the eligibility criteria in the bill directly/the HoC to review the regulations, not just in regulations. The rational is that it's important to enshrine these in the law, not leave it up to future governments. #C22
Sub-amendment rejected. Back to the NDP amendment on reporting on the regulation work to the HoC.
Nov 9, 2022 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
It has been a week since Amélie Duranleau and I gave our testimony for @lasqdi in front of the HUMA committee , regarding #C22. While we will publish a brief next week (in both languages), let's do a quick recap of what we told members of the committee (long thread):
1. #C22 needs to be passed NOW. Do not amend it, do not add details, let's figure it out later in the regulatory process.
