Sentences with phrase «universal child care»

Her only income was the Child Tax Benefit of $ 3,197 (which doesn't count as income in Family Tax Cut calculations) and the taxable Universal Child Care Benefit of $ 3,600.

In addition, come July, all families with children — taxable or not — will receive a lump sum of $ 360 per child under the age of 18 under the newly enhanced Universal Child Care Benefit.

The Liberal rationale, as outlined in Budget 2016 is that «Canada's existing child benefit system is complicated, consisting of a tax - free, income - tested Canada Child Tax Benefit with two components (the base benefit and the National Child Benefit supplement) and a taxable Universal Child Care Benefit received by all families, regardless of income.»

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A new universal child care system would have significant ripple effects for gender equality and for those fleeing abusive relationships.

As the ranks of children in Norway's universal child care program increase, the language skill gap between rich and poor children narrows, according to the study of more than 60,000 children.

«Study finds language, achievement benefits of universal early childhood education: Lessons from Norway's universal child care starting at age one.»

«We need universal child care just as we have public school, so mothers don't have to leave their kids in the car or at the playground while they work,» Tran Lauer says.

Any surplus money would be better spent providing universal child care or help lift seniors out of poverty, Macdonald said.

Since she hasn't worked in over a decade, Joanna lives on an annual income of about $ 27,000, which consists of CPP survivor benefits, the Canada Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB), the Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) as well as $ 2,240 in interest from GICs.

The Green Party supports free universal child care as is standard in virtually every other industrial democracy.

New Evidence on How Universal Child Care Influenced Child Care Decisions and Child Development

Across the street, a young family with newborn twins may be waiting for their first Universal Child Care Benefits (not income tested) and Canada Child Tax Benefits, where the benefit is based on combined family net income.

On July 1, 2016 the new Canada Child Benefit (CCB) replaced the old Universal Child Care Benefit, the Canada Child Tax Benefit and the federal National Child Benefit Supplement.

Shortly after the Conservatives unveiled plans to expand the current Universal Child Care Benefit program, the Liberals countered with a pledge to replace it with a new $ 22 - billion Canada Child Benefit and overhaul existing personal tax rates.

Their usual $ 100 - a-month Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) was boosted to $ 160.

Harper also announced Thursday that the Child Tax Credit would be replaced in 2015 by increases to the existing Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB).

While we are celebrating the important steps taken towards universal child care and increased investment in affordable housing, we are very disappointed by the failure to adequately fund legal aid, social assistance, and services for survivors of gender - based violence.

But it gets better because these families also benefit from the enhanced Universal child Care Benefit (UCCB).

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According to Statistics Canada, the median monthly cost of full - time child care ranged from $ 152 in Quebec — home to Canada's only subsidized, universal child care system — to $ 677 in Ontario.

The Liberal rationale, as outlined in Budget 2016 is that «Canada's existing child benefit system is complicated, consisting of a tax - free, income - tested Canada Child Tax Benefit with two components (the base benefit and the National Child Benefit supplement) and a taxable Universal Child Care Benefit received by all families, regardless of income.»

One woman's experience of difficulty accessing child care paints a bigger picture that illustrates why Canada needs universal child care to close the gender wage gap and achieve gender equity.

Let's look at one of the first acts of the minority Harper government: the cancelling of a truly historic program announced and funded by the previous Liberal government: the national, universal child care program.

Right now, the couple has around $ 11,000 in a family RESP and the kids» Universal Child Care Benefit of $ 300 per month per child goes directly into the account.

Fixing this paradoxical situation will require some serious political changes — universal child care would be a start — but employers have to do their part too, and not just by signing off on EI paperwork.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he would scrap income - splitting, but says he would outdo Harper's pre-election boost to the Universal Child Care Benefit by sending even bigger cheques to parents.

Our Government's Universal Child Care Benefit provides 1,200 dollars a year to parents to help with the costs of raising kids.

Besides, most child - care benefits in Canada are already means - tested, including municipally and provincially run child - care subsidy systems, as well as the federal government's Universal Child Care Benefit.

Instead of fresh explanations, Harper offered well - worn tales of derring - do: the Universal Child Care Benefit, the GST cuts, the end of the Wheat Board monopoly and of the long - gun registry.

Major transfers to persons rose $ 1.3 billion (9.1 %), primarily reflecting higher children's benefits due to the replacement of the Universal Child Care Benefit by the Canada Child Benefit.

Children's benefits were up $ 1.4 billion or 6.9 % due to the replacement of the Universal Child Care Benefit by the Canada Child Benefit.

Mr. Harper announced enrichment to the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB), which would benefit almost 1.7 million families with children.

This was done solely to pay for their increase to the Universal Child Care Benefit, income splitting and other initiatives announced in the November Update and April Budget.

Most ($ 26.4 billion) of this will be taken up by the Family Tax Cut (i.e., income splitting, $ 12.7 billion) and enhanced Universal Child Care Benefits ($ 13.7 billion after eliminating the Child Tax Credit).

«I think this has become a political issue because Mr. Trudeau, during the campaign, repeatedly said that his family was wealthy and so they didn't need any child care support through the Universal Child Care Benefit and in fact he donated it back to charity,» interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose told reporters in Ottawa on Tuesday.

In opposing the former Conservative government's Universal Child Care Benefit, Trudeau argued that such a tax break shouldn't be going to «wealthy» families like his and Stephen Harper's.

He announced income splitting for families with children under the age of 18; enhancements to the Universal Child Care Benefit and to the Child Care Expense Deduction; and, he announced a doubling the fitness tax credit for children and made it tax deductible.

Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Joe Oliver were so confident that this commitment was a «no - brainer» that the Prime Minister announced in a «mini-budget» in October, the Family Tax Cut, and increases to the Universal Child Care Benefit along with a number of other small initiatives.

Most recently, it includes the «family tax cut», better known as income splitting for families with children under the age of eighteen, along with enrichments to the Universal Child Care Benefit (offset by the elimination of the Child Tax Credit) and to the youth fitness tax credit.

Although most of the Conservative election platform was set out last October with the introduction of the increases to the Universal Child Care Benefit and the Family Tax Cut, Stephen Harper has announced two new initiatives in the first two days of the 2015 election campaign.

The contingency reserve would not be used to finance new policy initiatives, such as the Family Tax Cut and the increase to the Universal Child Care Benefit.

Starting in July, the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) and the Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) will be replaced with one non-taxable Canada Child Benefit.

The Harper government has already gone some way to providing greater tax recognition for the costs of children through the introduction of the Universal Child Care Benefit and the introduction of a non-refundable child amount credit.

Payments to individuals (Employment Insurance, Old Age Security, Universal Child Care Benefit, etc.) have remained at about four per cent of GDP, in line with their share before 2006.

Major transfers to persons rose $ 2.4 billion (8.5 %), primarily reflecting higher children's benefits (up $ 1.3 billion or 20.2 %) due to the replacement of the Universal Child Care Benefit by the Canada Child Benefit.

In the legislature, MLA Laurie Throness spoke against the universal child care plan, saying, «I find it strange that the government... ignores the cries of an infant leaving its parent, who has to go to work, and the sadness of a parent who would rather stay home with their new baby for a while.»

The Liberals would scrap the Universal Child Care Benefit and replace it with a new program that would help some families and ignore others.