The Liberal party has also touted
a flexible parental benefits plan allowing parents to receive benefits in smaller blocks of time — for example, once every two weeks rather than once per month — and make it possible for parents to take a longer leave — up to 18 months when combined with maternity benefits, although at a lower benefit level.
Liberals: Create
a flexible parental benefits plan allowing parents to receive benefits in smaller blocks of time — for example, once every two weeks rather than once per month — and make it possible for parents to take a longer leave — up to 18 months when combined with maternity benefits, although at a lower benefit level; scrap the Universal Child Care Benefit for the wealthiest families, and instead introduce the Canada Child Benefit that will give the majority of families up to $ 2,500 more, tax - free, every year (typically for a family of four).
The Liberals also promised to create a more
flexible parental benefits plan that would allow parents to receive their benefits in smaller blocks of time — for example, once every two weeks rather than once per month.
Not exact matches
In their 2015 election platform, the Trudeau Liberals identified a number of items related to Employment Insurance (EI) that they would change: reversing the Harper EI reforms defining «suitable work»; reducing the waiting period for EI
benefits; reducing EI premiums; introducing more
flexible parental leave; providing better access to compassionate care; and increasing funding for employment and training programs managed by provinces, territories and Aboriginal labour market organizations.
We will make
parental benefits more
flexible.
The major policy announcement on free school meals was the obvious move in this direction — as well as being a sop to middle class voters who lost out after cuts to child
benefit — but Nick Clegg's speech is full of references to policies which help in day - to - day life: the pupil premium,
flexible parental leave, free childcare, a cap on social care costs.
Effective December 3, 2017,
parental EI
benefits become more
flexible as well.
On March 22, 2017, the Canadian Federal Government released Budget 2017: Building a Strong Middle Class («Budget 2017») which proposes more
flexible parental, maternity and caregiving leaves and Employment Insurance («EI»)
benefits to support employees in balancing work and their family responsibilities.
1 - 4 Current trends include extending the period of available leave (as per recent changes in Canada, where eligible parents can share up to a full year of maternity and
parental leave
benefits), promoting paternal leave, and adding more
flexible options.