Universal Child Care Benefit
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Your election questions: Child care, health care and the super-sized campaignAs part of its 2015 election coverage Global News is chasing answers to pressing reader questions. Here are a few - we'd love to hear yours.CanadaAug 5, 2015
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NDP urges parents who don’t need child care cheques to donate them to partyThe federal NDP is encouraging parents who don't need the newly enhanced universal child care benefit to donate the money to the party.CanadaJul 24, 2015
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Pierre Poilievre criticized for wearing party logo at government announcementPierre Poilievre's shirt raised some eyebrows as he announced child tax benefits from a government podium, while wearing a Conservative party logo.CanadaJul 20, 2015
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What does child care actually cost in Canada?How much of a dent will the Universal Child Care Benefit make in child care costs? Not much, statistics suggest. But the discount varies depending where you live.CanadaJul 20, 2015
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Tory MP calls child care benefit ‘Christmas in July’, gets Twitter lashingA Conservative minister prompted a tsunami of Twitter backlash Sunday night with a tweet comparing the pumped-up Universal Child Care Benefit to "Christmas in July."PoliticsJul 20, 2015
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Tory, suburban ridings to gain most from enriched child benefitsMost of what is billed as the largest, one-time benefit payment in federal history is likely to hit suburban voters living in federal ridings where the Conservatives can be considered the party to beat.CanadaJul 19, 2015
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Your Stories: Readers sound off on Universal Child Care BenefitGlobal News was inundated with responses to this story on the uneven beneficiaries of Canada's Universal Child Care Benefit. Here are some of them.CanadaJul 13, 2015
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Who benefits from Canada’s Universal Child Care benefit?Canada's Universal Child Care Benefit has a very different effect on the work lives of single versus married mothers.CanadaJul 13, 2015
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Will federal leaders claim new family tax benefits?When the prime minister says the government's new tax package will benefit all Canadian families with children under 18, will that include his own? Stephen Harper isn't saying.CanadaApr 1, 2015
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