Minister Flaherty announces the RDSP on March 19, 2007
Canada becomes the first country to create a Disability Savings Plan with Minister Flaherty’s budget announcement on March 19th. Read pages 83-86 of the federal budget on the DSP. For the first time in history, a generation of people...
Norma Greenaway – Ottawa Citizen, December 30, 2006
December 30, 2006 – Norma Greenaway’s coverage of the Expert Panel’s Report in the Ottawa Citizen. Read the article.
Don Cayo, The Vancouver Sun – December 16, 2006
December 16, 2006 – Don Cayo’s on the Expert Panel’s Report in the Vancouver Sun. Read the Article.
Editorial, The Globe & Mail – December 15, 2006
December 15th – Globe & Mail Editorial about the Registered Disability Savings Plan. Read the Editorial.
Andre Picard, Globe & Mail – December 14, 2006
December 14, 2006 – Andre Picard’s follow-up to the release of the Expert Panel’s Report in the Globe & Mail. Read the article.
Andre Picard, Globe & Mail – December 13, 2006
December 13, 2006 – Andre Picard’s coverage of the release of the expert panel’s report in the Globe & Mail. Read the article.
Minister of Finance Press Release – December 12, 2006
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today received recommendations from an expert panel appointed last summer to examine ways to help parents save for the long-term financial security of a child with a severe disability. Read the Press...
Expert Panel Report – December 12, 2006
The Disability Savings Plan took a huge step towards reality in December, 2006. An Expert Panel established by Minister Flaherty recommended the creation of a Disability Savings Plan; a Disability Savings Grant and a Canada Disability Bond. The recommendations,...
Policy Analysis and Research
PLAN commissioned two research papers to deepen our understanding and direct our efforts in creating a Registered Disabilities Savings Plan: Disability Savings Plan: Policy Milieu and Model Development To deepen our understanding of the implications of implementing a Disability...
Ted Kuntz – CBC Commentary
August 2004 When Canada’s First Ministers meet to search for innovative ways to promote health care while managing costs, they ought to consider the creation of new ways to assist families to plan for the future for family members...