Madam Chair, last week the government introduced Bill C-17, which included assistance for people with disabilities.
Unfortunately, this assistance required that recipients be entitled to the disability tax credit. However, one must pay taxes to be entitled to the tax credit. This automatically excluded the vast majority, or 60% of people living with a disability in Canada. That is completely unacceptable to the NDP.
Will the government take action to help people with disabilities, that is to say all people living with disabilities, and not just a minority?