Child Benefit
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Ontario budget doubles child benefit, creates jobs training tax credit for 2021The province is also temporarily boosting its CARE childcare tax credit.MoneyMar 24, 2021
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Federal taxpayer watchdog launches probe into child benefits programTaxpayers' ombudsman Sherra Profit says her office has received ongoing complaints about difficulty proving or maintaining eligibility for the Canada Child Benefit despite repeatedly raising the issues with the government and the Canada Revenue AgencyCanadaDec 10, 2019
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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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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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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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Anti-poverty groups urging Trudeau government to boost child benefitThe goal would be to reduce child poverty rates by 50 per cent by 2020.CanadaJun 12, 2017
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Saskatoon living wage decreases due to expanded child benefitsAn expansion of the child benefit offsets food, shelter and clothing increases to drop the living wage in Saskatoon for a family of four.CanadaMay 29, 2017
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