Province exempting Canada Disability Benefit as income to protect recipients from benefit reductions

The Ontario government intends to exempt the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) as income so that social assistance recipients would receive the benefit without seeing a reduction in their provincial social assistance payments or entitlements. The changes would help recipients of the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works and the Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities (ACSD) program receive their maximum entitlements.

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https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1005959/ontario-supporting-recipients-of-disability-benefits