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Child care in Canada

25 Apr 2016

The Universal Child Care Benefit is a taxable cash grant to families with children and is designed to “help families cover the cost of child care.” The basic grant at the beginning of 2015 was $100 per month for any child under 6. However, during 2015, the program was expanded and now provides $160 per month per child under 6 and $60 for children between ages 6 and 17. [...] During the 2015 federal election campaign, each of the four national parties rolled out proposals relating to child care, or, in the case of the Conservatives, a defense of the existing array of programs. [...] It is simply to outline the status quo (as of the fall of 2015) about the existing programs in Canada that are specifically designed to help families with the costs of child care. [...] The proceeds of the RESP are taxed in the hands of the child/student. [...] In some cases, as we will see in the illustrations below, the gener- osity was more in terms of naming the benefit and less in terms of the end result.
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Authors

Sarlo, Christopher A

ISBN
9780889754034
Pages
52
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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