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‘Not moms who tucked money away in a Swiss bank account’: advocates warn of clawbacks to Canada Child Benefit for those who received pandemic supports

Advocates and critics are calling on the Liberals to remove pandemic income supports from the child benefit calculation and to reimburse families for the missing amounts, just as the government did in early 2022 for the Guaranteed Income Supplement for seniors.

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‘Not moms who tucked money away in a Swiss bank account’: advocates warn of clawbacks to Canada Child Benefit for those who received pandemic supports

Advocates and critics are calling on the Liberals to remove pandemic income supports from the child benefit calculation and to reimburse families for the missing amounts, just as the government did in early 2022 for the Guaranteed Income Supplement for seniors.

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‘Not moms who tucked money away in a Swiss bank account’: advocates warn of clawbacks to Canada Child Benefit for those who received pandemic supports

Advocates and critics are calling on the Liberals to remove pandemic income supports from the child benefit calculation and to reimburse families for the missing amounts, just as the government did in early 2022 for the Guaranteed Income Supplement for seniors.

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