Taxpayers' 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 Agency

A 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.

The 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.

Federal minister Jean-Yves Duclos spent time with children, parents, and local dignitaries at Scholar's Choice London East on Tuesday afternoon.

The goal would be to reduce child poverty rates by 50 per cent by 2020.

An expansion of the child benefit offsets food, shelter and clothing increases to drop the living wage in Saskatoon for a family of four.