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Overview
What you will study
The Canada Disability Benefit Act received Royal Asset on June 22, 2023, promising to provide benefits to millions of working-age Canadians to reduce poverty and provide financial security.
However, the Act is framework legislation, leaving key questions – such as who is eligible, the amount of the benefit and whether it will be clawed back by other programs – to be specified in the Regulations.How should these questions be answered? Will the promises of the CDB be kept? What are the potential pitfalls and how can we prevent them?These and other key issues will be examined in the Promises and Pitfalls of the Canada Disability Benefit course offered by York University by a group of experts from academia, advocacy, and legal practice.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- How key terms such as “disability” and “poverty” might be defined
- Potential effects of clawbacks from other support programs
- Human rights and access to justice issues in future application and appeal processes
- Implications of income-testing or linking the CDB to “employability”
- Whether the CDB can be considered a social benefit, an income benefit, or something else
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 1 days
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
More details
- On Demand
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Public Law View 33 other Short Courses in Public Law in CanadaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Lawyers in government, in-house, or private practice interested in Disability Law, Insurance Law, and Tax Law
- Academics interested in Social Security, Disability, Poverty and Human Rights
- Members of the Disability community and Disability advocacy groups
Tuition Fee
Funding
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