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People with disabilities ask feds to restore ‘hope’ and raise benefit amount - National | Globalnews.ca

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The Canada Disability Benefit is meant as a top-up to existing provincial and territorial income supports.

The federal government said it would help lift working-age Canadians with disabilities out of poverty.

The maximum people will receive per month is $ 200 .

Advocates are asking the federal government to reconsider the amount in its next budget.

The federal government is making a $6.1-billion investment to improve the financial security of 600,000 people with disabilities.

People with disabilities would get a total monthly income equal to what low-income seniors get from the federal government.

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