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Canada Child Benefit gets smallest annual increase on record this yearThe small increase, which is tied to the pace of inflation, reflects slow price growth last year amid the economic crisis linked to COVID-19.MoneyJul 20, 2021
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2 million Canadians who haven’t yet filed taxes could face benefits interruption, CRA warnsCanadians who don't file their taxes in time for the CRA to review them by early September may face benefit payment delays.MoneyJul 21, 2020
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The Canada Child Benefit is climbing, but over 20 per cent of Indigenous families on reserve will miss outA planned increase in the value of the Canada Child Benefit will miss just over one-fifth of Indigenous families living on reserves, part of the five per cent of families nationwide who don't receive the monthly payments.CanadaMay 6, 2019
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The Canada Child Benefit is increasing again. Here’s how much you could getThe change means families with kids under the age of six could get up to an extra $143 for each child this year.CanadaMay 6, 2019
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Minister of families touts child-benefit increase during London stopFederal minister Jean-Yves Duclos spent time with children, parents, and local dignitaries at Scholar's Choice London East on Tuesday afternoon.PoliticsAug 28, 2018
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Canada Child Benefit payments get a boostCanada Child Benefit payments are becoming "more generous" thanks to the country's strong economy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.CanadaJul 19, 2018
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Taxing health and dental benefits would hit the middle-class, report showsThe measure would increase taxes and CPP contributions for many Canadians with middling incomes, while reducing child and old-age benefits, a new Parliamentary Budget Officer report finds.CanadaMay 24, 2018
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Liberal child care benefit isn’t daycare cash, advocates sayFederal officials went looking for Canadian daycares to help promote a Liberal government plan to increase the Canada child benefit - but instead found opposition to the idea of touting the benefit as key to defraying the cost of child care.CanadaOct 27, 2017
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Reality check: Does the Canada Child Benefit program actually cut poverty rates?Anti-poverty groups say child benefits are a powerful tool to help cut poverty rates, but have continually wondered if the CCB's impact on child poverty is as large as Trudeau says.PoliticsJul 27, 2017
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Women in shelters often missing out on federal child benefits: ombudsmanCanada's taxpayers' advocate says the Canada Revenue Agency isn't doing a good enough job ensuring women living in shelters with their children are aware of and receiving benefit cheques.CanadaJul 14, 2017
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