Seniors, Disabilities, & Retirement platforms

Here's what the candidates in Spadina—Harbourfront, 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

Gilbert Joseph Jubinville

PPC candidate in your district
  • PPC supports, early intervention, behavioral therapies, or community-based services.
  • Disability policy prioritizes veterans, committing to restore a tax-free lifetime disability pension under the Pension Act, effective retroactively from 2006, with lump-sum payments considered advance payments.
  • PPC’s preference for provincial over federal jurisdiction. Support for autism or intellectual disabilities would be left to provinces.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Autism and intellectual disabilities.
We don't have any NDP policies on Autism and intellectual disabilities.
We don't have any Green policies on Autism and intellectual disabilities.

Canada Disability Benefit

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

Gilbert Joseph Jubinville

PPC candidate in your district
  • The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) starts July 2025, offering $200/month for singles with incomes below $23,000 or couples under $32,500, indexed to inflation. Critics argue $200 is insufficient
  • $2,200/month is needed to lift disabled individuals out of poverty. Concerns include provincial clawbacks and complex applications.
  • The PPC aims to cut federal spending, eliminating programs that overlap with provincial jurisdictions, deeming new social programs unconstitutional and favoring provincial responsibility
We don't have any Liberal 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

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

Caregivers

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Gilbert Joseph Jubinville

PPC candidate in your district
  • Caregivers are often family members or friends who provide unpaid care to people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, age-related needs, autism, intellectual disabilities, or seniors requiring support
  • Caregivers face financial, emotional & physical challenges, including lost income, high out-of-pocket costs, and burnout. Supports include tax credits respite care, workplace flexibility, & direct financial aid
  • PPC advocates for reducing federal spending and eliminating programs that “intrude on provincial jurisdictions,” such as social services. PPC prefers provincial or private solutions.
  • PPC’s emphasis lowering personal income taxes which increase disposable income for caregivers, easing financial burdens. It is unethical to raise taxes then promise a rebate to BUY YOUT VOTE
We don't have any Liberal policies on Caregivers.
We don't have any NDP policies on Caregivers.
We don't have any Green policies on Caregivers.

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

Liberal
  • Provide $25M/year more to the Enabling Accessibility Fund to ensure workplace accessibility

    "Make buildings more accessible by increasing funding to the Enabling Accessibility Fund to ensure that workplaces are accessible and incorporating more barrier-free and barrier-free ready designs into upcoming housing catalogues and into Canada’s building efforts so that new housing is accessible to all Canadians." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Review and reform the process for applying for the Disability Tax Credit, and consider expanding the eligibility criteria to include additional impairments

    "Review and reform the process to apply for the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) now that the DTC has become the gateway to key federal programs like the Canada Disability Benefit, the CCB for children with disabilities, the dental benefit, and various other programs. We will also consider expanding the eligibility criteria to include additional impairments." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

  • Develop a Disability Justice Framework to address long-standing inequities, biases, and systemic discrimination within the justice system and before the law

    "Guarantee equal access to justice for people with disabilities by developing a Disability Justice Framework to address long-standing inequities, biases, and systemic discrimination against persons with disabilities within the justice system and before the law." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

  • Require Canadian publishers to provide an accessible copy of all e-books produced or released in Canada by 2030

    "Enable the fuller inclusion of people with disabilities in academic, social, and professional life by requiring Canadian publishers to provide an accessible copy of all e-books produced or released in Canada by 2030." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Direct the Canadian Transportation Agency to develop a plan to address accessibility concerns on aircraft and other modes of transport

    "Direct the Canadian Transportation Agency to develop a plan to address persistent complaints about accessibility on aircraft and other modes of transportation." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

NDP
  • Restore a dedicated government ministry for people with disabilities
We don't have any Green policies on 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

Liberal
  • Reduce the minimum amount that must be withdrawn from a Registered Retirement Income Fund by 25% for one year

    "Protect retirement savings by reducing the minimum amount that must be withdrawn from a Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF) by 25% for one year. This will allow Canadian seniors more flexibility in choosing when to draw from their retirement savings;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

  • Increase the Guaranteed Income Supplement by 5% for one year

    "Increase the Guaranteed Income Supplement by 5% for one year, providing up to $652 more to low-income seniors, tax-free." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

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

We don't have any Green policies on Retirement savings and income.

Seniors' housing

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We don't have any Conservative policies on Seniors' housing.

Gilbert Joseph Jubinville

PPC candidate in your district
  • 58% agree on a Moratorium on immigration. 75% see immigration worsening the housing crisis.
  • Revoke Bill C-63 (Online Harms Act). this is an overreach by criminalizing certain speech. Posting online about a housing crisis is not hate speech
  • PPC advocates for reducing federal spending & transferring social program like housing back to provinces.
  • PPC’s emphasis on lowering personal income taxes will increase disposable income for seniors, & aiding housing affordability.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Seniors' housing.
We don't have any NDP policies on Seniors' housing.
We don't have any Green policies on Seniors' housing.


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