Not too late to improve the Canada Disability Benefit

Table of Contents

• Maytree 77 Bloor Street West Suite 1600 Toronto ON M5S 1M2 CANADA 1
• 1-416-944-2627 1
• ISBN 978-1-928003-72-4 Maytree 2024 1
• Introduction 2
• The benefit amount is highly inadequate 3
• Recommendation 1 The federal government should immediately increase the maximum benefit so that receipt of social assistance and the CDB is sufficient to escape a life of poverty. 3
• Eligibility is overly restrictive 4
• The CDB should be structured as a refundable tax credit 5
• Individualize the CDB income threshold 7
• Recommendation 8 The CDB income threshold should consider only the individuals income and not that of the family. 7
• Integrate the working income exemption into the income threshold 7
• Conclusion 9