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.
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...
A Good Life
PLAN’s work on the Registered Disability Savings Plan began when we identified a gap in public policy. Our institutions had yet to respond to the emerging social phenomenon of people with disabilities outliving their parents. This gap, along with...