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Income insecurity and benefits
Recommendation 39:
The federal government should amend the CPP Disability Benefits policy so that children in the care of a person receiving CPP Disability Benefits do not lose their benefit when their caregiver turns 65.
Able Mothers: The Intersection of Parenting, Disability and the Law
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West Coast Leaf
West Coast Leaf
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Recommendation 35:
The federal government must provide adequate resources and staff to the Social Security Tribunal so that disability appeals can be processed in a timely way and in accordance with the principles of procedural fairness.
Able Mothers: The Intersection of Parenting, Disability and the Law
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West Coast Leaf
West Coast Leaf
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2014
2014
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Recommendation 25:
The federal and provincial governments should work together to introduce universal coverage for all Canadians for prescription drugs, dental care, eye care and hearing aids as essential aspects of health care.
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Recommendation 2:
The federal and provincial governments should target their efforts to help those who have a higher risk of living in poverty, including children in lone-parent families, immigrants and refugees, Aboriginal children, racialized children, and those living with disabilities.
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Recommendation 14:
The federal and provincial governments should intensify their efforts to help immigrants and refugees adjust to life in Canada by enhancing employment assistance, removing long-standing barriers to qualification for professionals trained abroad, making more language training with child care available, and improving employment standards and human rights protections and enforcement.
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Recommendation 9:
The federal and provincial governments should ensure maternity and parental leavebenefits are universally available to all parents (regardless of work status) and that the benefit levels are not less than the CFLIM after-tax poverty lines.
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Recommendation 12:
The federal and provincial governments should collaborate with First Nations, Métis and Inuit governments and Indigenous organizations to develop plans to prevent, reduce and eradicate child and family poverty in Indigenous communities. The federal government must comply with the rulings of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to provide adequate funding for child welfare services on reserve and ensure the full application of Jordan’s Principle for First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples.
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Recommendation 11:
The federal and provincial governments should address growing income inequality and generate revenue for poverty reduction programs by eliminating or reducing highly regressive and expensive tax loopholes, closing tax havens, taxing extreme wealth and implementing excess profit tax focused on corporate pandemic windfalls.
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Recommendation 1:
The federal and provincial government’s poverty reduction plans must be focused on lifting families raising children over the poverty line with both income supports and universal programs. Strategies to reduce poverty, including affordable housing and child care investments, must be fully funded and monitored.
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Recommendation 151:
The development of community-based programs that address the challenges of the immigration and acculturation process including underemployment and discrimination, issues of Canadian family law and laws concerning violence, cultural norms concerning relationships (including marriage and parenting). (p.102)
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