Canada Disability Benefit Tool
Canada Disability Benefit Tool | Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer
This report presents the PBO’s microsimulation model to estimate the cost of the Canada Disability Benefit. The model can accommodate many different design elements of the announced benefit. In addition, the report explores the cost of three hypothetical implementations of the Canada Disability Benefit.
Highlights
- The PBO developed a microsimulation model to estimate the cost of the Canada Disability Benefit under different potential designs of the program.
- In addition, this report examines three separate hypothetical scenarios for the benefit based on different assumptions of its design by varying five parameters: the maximum benefit amount, the claw back, whether beneficiaries can also receive the DTC, whether the benefit is taxable, and the eligibility criteria for the benefit.
- The findings in this report underscore that the government’s choices regarding design elements can wield a substantial influence on both the program’s cost and the number of individuals who stand to benefit from it.
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By
Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer
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Published
Nov 29, 2023
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