Canada Child Poverty
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Over 41,000 children living in poverty in Nova Scotia, and numbers rising, says studyNova Scotia has a slightly higher rate of child poverty than it did in 1989 when the House of Commons voted to end it by the year 2000.CanadaDec 9, 2020
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Liberals’ child benefit lifting children out of poverty, StatCan saysThe Liberals introduced the income-tested Canada Child Benefit midway through 2016, replacing a previous system of tax credits and the Conservatives' universal child care benefit.CanadaFeb 26, 2019
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Indexing Canada Child Benefit to inflation would cost extra $5.8B by 2026, watchdog saysThe Canada Child Benefit isn't indexed to inflation for now, and the Liberals haven't agreed to do that until 2020 - after the next scheduled federal election in 2019.MoneyDec 14, 2016
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Canada Child Benefit should increase with inflation, anti-poverty group saysIn its annual report to be released Thursday, the group Campaign 2000 says the Liberal government's new income-tested child benefit could fall short of its lofty goals because it isn't automatically adjusted to combat rising food and housing prices.EconomyNov 24, 2016
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