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Canada Child Benefit Update - Inflation
What is the Government doing to act on ageism?
The 2022 Fall Economic Statement proposes to provide $250 million over five years, starting in 2023-24, to Employment and Social Development Canada to help ensure Canadian workers can thrive in a changing global economy. Specific measures include: the Sustainable Jobs Training Centre; a new sustainable jobs stream under the Union Training and Innovation Program; and the Sustainable Jobs Secretariat.
Children’s Commissioner
On June 8, 2022, the Parliamentary Budget Office released a report on how the income support received through the Canada Emergency Response Benefit impacted Canada Child Benefit entitlements.
On November 3, 2022, Statistics Canada released 2020 income estimates from the Canadian Income Survey (CIS) for each of the three territories. This is the third release of territorial income estimates from the CIS. In addition to this release, Statistics Canada also published a final paper on the MBM-N methodology for Yukon and the Northwest Territories, which includes official poverty rate estimates for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020. The first paper on the MBM-N methodology for Nunavut is forthcoming.
How has the Government of Canada managed the processing of Old Age Security applications and pensions call centre volumes?
Will the Canada-Ontario Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement provide enough funding to support the increased demand for the creation of child care spaces as a result of the Ontario’s $10-a-day child care plan?
How will the new Age Well at Home initiative help seniors stay at home longer?
What is the Department doing to ensure that seniors receive the benefits to which they are entitled in a timely way?