Seniors, Disabilities, & Retirement platforms

Here's what the candidates in Ponoka—Didsbury, and their parties, are promising.

Autism and intellectual disabilities

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Conservative
  • Fund 1,000 Autism Support Worker training spots annually

    "Funding 1,000 Autism Support Worker training spots annually to better support students, families, and schools." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Double the reach of the Ready, Willing and Able programme to help 4,000 Canadians with autism or intellectual disabilities find and keep jobs
We don't have any NDP policies on Autism and intellectual disabilities.

Canada Disability Benefit

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We don't have any Conservative policies on Canada Disability Benefit.

NDP
  • Double the Canada Disability Benefit

    "We will double the Canada Disability Benefit, providing individuals up to an additional $2400 a year." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

Disabilities

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Conservative
  • Streamline and simplify the Disability Tax Credit, including renaming the certificate and making eligibility automatic for related programmes

    "Streamline and simplify the Disability Tax Credit, including renaming the certificate and making eligibility automatic for related programs." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

NDP
  • Restore a dedicated government ministry for people with disabilities

Retirement savings and income

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Conservative
  • Allow working seniors to earn up to $34K tax-free

    "Allow working seniors to earn up to $34,000 tax free—$10k more than now." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

  • Allow seniors the option of keeping savings growing in RRSPs until age 73, up from 71

    "Allow seniors the option of keeping their RRSPs another 2 years before mandatory conversion to RRIFs (from 71 to 73)." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Keep the retirement age at 65

NDP
  • Raise the Guaranteed Income Supplement to lift all seniors out of poverty

    "And we will take a tangible step towards a guaranteed livable income by raising the Guaranteed Income Supplement to lift all seniors out of poverty." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19



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