Bill C-22 (Historical)

Canada Disability Benefit Act

An Act to reduce poverty and to support the financial security of persons with disabilities by establishing the Canada disability benefit and making a consequential amendment to the Income Tax Act

This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in January 2025.

Sponsor

Carla Qualtrough Liberal

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment establishes the Canada disability benefit to reduce poverty and to support the financial security of working-age persons with disabilities. It sets out general provisions for the administration of the benefit and authorizes the Governor in Council to implement most of the benefit’s design elements through regulations. It also makes a consequential amendment to the Income Tax Act .

Similar bills

C-35 (43rd Parliament, 2nd session) Canada Disability Benefit Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-22s:

C-22 (2021) An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

C-22 (2016) Law An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts

C-22 (2014) Law Energy Safety and Security Act

C-22 (2011) Law Eeyou Marine Region Land Claims Agreement Act

Votes

Feb. 2, 2023 Passed 3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-22, An Act to reduce poverty and to support the financial security of persons with disabilities by establishing the Canada disability benefit and making a consequential amendment to the Income Tax Act

Oct. 18, 2022 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-22, An Act to reduce poverty and to support the financial security of persons with disabilities by establishing the Canada disability benefit and making a consequential amendment to the Income Tax Act

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Oct. 31, 2022

Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion
Thomas Simpson, Executive Director, Public Affairs, Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Bryanna Regimbald, Program Coordinator, Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Michelle Hewitt, Chair, Board of Directors, Disability Without Poverty
Julie Kelndorfer, Director, Government Relations and Advocacy, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
Rabia Khedr, National Director, Disability Without Poverty

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Nov. 2, 2022

Jeffrey Neven, Chief Executive Officer, Indwell Community Homes
Gary Gladstone, Head of Stakeholder Relations, Reena
Morse, Senior Manager, Advocacy and Family Engagement, Easter Seals Ontario
Amélie Duranleau, Executive Director, Quebec Intellectual Disability Society
Samuel Ragot, Senior Policy Analyst and Advocacy Advisor, Quebec Intellectual Disability Society
Jen Gammad, Communications and Advocacy Manager, Women's Legal Education and Action Fund

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Nov. 14, 2022

Vincent Calderhead, Legal Counsel, As an Individual
David Lepofsky, Chair, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance
Louise Bourgeois, President and Member, Board of Directors, Mouvement Personne D'Abord de Sainte-Thérèse, Fédération des Mouvements Personne D’Abord du Québec
Danielle Gratton, Director, Fédération des Mouvements Personne D’Abord du Québec
Leslie Yee, Vice-Chair, Board of Director Member, Council for Persons with Disabilities
Neil Belanger, Chief Executive Officer, Indigenous Disability Canada
Peter Zein, Chairperson, Stratford Advisory Committee on Accessibility Issues

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Nov. 16, 2022

Paul Lupien, Chair, Confédération des organismes de personnes handicapées du Québec
André Prévost, Executive Director, Confédération des organismes de personnes handicapées du Québec
William Adair, Executive Director, Spinal Cord Injury Canada
Karen Wood, The Local Community Food Centre
Matthew Maynard, Community Connector, The Local Community Food Centre
Rosemarie Hemmelgarn, As an Individual
Michael J. Prince, Lansdowne Professor of Social Policy, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria, As an Individual
Krista Carr, Executive Vice-President, Inclusion Canada

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Dec. 7, 2022

Émilie Thivierge, Legislative Clerk
Philippe Méla, Legislative Clerk
Alexis Conrad, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Income Security and Social Development Branch, Department of Employment and Social Development
Krista Wilcox, Director General, Office for Disability Issues, Department of Employment and Social Development

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Dec. 13, 2022

Krista Wilcox, Director General, Office for Disability Issues, Department of Employment and Social Development
Mausumi Banerjee, Director, Office for Disability Issues, Department of Employment and Social Development