Child benefits
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Lawyer calling on Quebec government to review criteria for ‘exceptional needs’ supplementMost of the families who apply for Quebec's new supplement for children with exceptional needs are being turned down — 54 per cent to be exact.CanadaNov 23, 2017
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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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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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Trudeau’s poised to name his cabinet. Here’s what the newly minted ministers will faceAfter the Liberals finish celebrating their comeback victory, they’ll have to govern. And they have a tough set of promises to live up to.CanadaOct 19, 2015
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Beefed up child benefit cheques start arriving as economy wobblesBigger cheques for families with children from the federal government start landing this month, a 'happy accident' as economic conditions deteriorate.CanadaJul 13, 2015
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