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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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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI
July 21, 2022

News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | July 21, 2022

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‘We need the entire bouquet’: child care bill debate zeroes in on role of for-profit providers

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Critics of basic income ignore benefits of investing in struggling Canadians, ‘astronomical’ cost of poverty, argues Senator Pate

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ISG Senator Kim Pate's Bill S-233, the National Framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income Act, passed second reading in the Red Chamber on April 18.

Critics of basic income ignore benefits of investing in struggling Canadians, ‘astronomical’ cost of poverty, argues Senator Pate

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ISG Senator Kim Pate's Bill S-233, the National Framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income Act, passed second reading in the Red Chamber on April 18.

Qualtrough looks to leverage trust of disability community as Senate committee studies landmark benefit

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Bill C-22 would create a major social program to address the high poverty rates for people with disabilities, but the 'framework bill' relies on not-yet-written regulations to do the heavy lifting.

Qualtrough looks to leverage trust of disability community as Senate committee studies landmark benefit

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Bill C-22 would create a major social program to address the high poverty rates for people with disabilities, but the 'framework bill' relies on not-yet-written regulations to do the heavy lifting.

This just in: high poverty rates and inequality are not inevitable

OpinionBY MICHAEL HATFIELD

Disposable income inequality peaked in 2004. And the overall relative poverty rate, using a common international definition, peaked in 2015. Between 2004-2015, little progress was made in reducing disposable income inequality. But since 2015, there has been a remarkable reversal in these trends.

This just in: high poverty rates and inequality are not inevitable

OpinionBY MICHAEL HATFIELD

Disposable income inequality peaked in 2004. And the overall relative poverty rate, using a common international definition, peaked in 2015. Between 2004-2015, little progress was made in reducing disposable income inequality. But since 2015, there has been a remarkable reversal in these trends.

‘We need the entire bouquet’: child care bill debate zeroes in on role of for-profit providers

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

The Conservatives say excluding for-profit providers will make it impossible to grow the system to meet demand, while the NDP says it fought to include the provision prioritizing public and not-for-profit providers.

‘We need the entire bouquet’: child care bill debate zeroes in on role of for-profit providers

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

The Conservatives say excluding for-profit providers will make it impossible to grow the system to meet demand, while the NDP says it fought to include the provision prioritizing public and not-for-profit providers.