Liberal MPs call on finance minister to fund disability benefit in upcoming budget [Video]

Dozens of Liberal members of Parliament are calling on the finance minister to set aside money for the Canada Disability Benefit in next month’s federal budget.

In a letter shared on social media, MP Pam Damoff says the benefit, which is designed to help keep people with disabilities out of poverty, is a “legacy social policy” for the government.

Damoff wrote the letter to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March 15.

“I think it’s time now we finish what we started and do it in a meaningful way for Canadians,” Damoff said.

The Liberals pledged to create a monthly disability benefit program in 2020, saying it was intended to close a gap for working-age people with disabilities.

The Canada Disability Benefit Act became law last summer, and the government has been doing consultations for months. The law itself contains no details about who will be …