Daniel Blaikie at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On May 1st, 2019. See this statement in context.

May 1st, 2019 / 5:05 p.m.

NDP

Daniel Blaikie NDP Elmwood—Transcona, MB

I just want to ask Ms. Gibson something really quickly.

Earlier in this Parliament, we passed Bill C-81, an act to ensure a barrier-free Canada. In this latest budget, the government made a commitment to hire 5,000 people with disabilities over the next five years.

I'm just wondering, in order to make good on that commitment and in order to try to incorporate veterans living with disabilities into those numbers, what do you think is needed beyond Bill C-81 and beyond that commitment, in order to ensure that it's made real?

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