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October 07, 2021 05:00 ET | Source: Fraser Institute

Fraser Institute News Release: Canada Child Benefit deemed less effective than claimed in lifting children out of poverty due to lack of targeting; only 91,000 children affected despite additional $5.6 billion (2019/20)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Despite spending an additional $5.6 billion in 2019-20, the new Canada Child Benefit only moved an estimated 90,900 children above...
August 18, 2020 05:00 ET | Source: Fraser Institute

Fraser Institute News Release: Families earning more than $60,000 per year now fall under new federal ‘poverty line’

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Due to the federal government’s newly established official poverty line, some Canadian families earning more than $60,000 annually are...