Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 15:02:17 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [KCUTS] The Choice in Child Care Allowance: What you See Is Not What You
From: meadow@netidea.com
Full document at:
http://www.caledoninst.org/Publications/PDF/564ENG%2Epdf
The Choice in Child Care Allowance: What you See Is Not What You Get
Ken Battle, January 2006
The Conservatives’ plan for a “Choice in Child Care Allowance” is
seriously flawed. Because the new program will trigger reductions in
federal and provincial/territorial income-tested benefits and increases in
income taxes, most families will end up with less – for modest-income
families in the $30,000-$40,000 range, much less - than the gross $1,200
annual payment for every child under 6. The Child Care Allowance also
will favour one-earner couples over single parents and two-earner
families. The proposed scheme is really a child benefit, not a child care
program. Caledon contends that it would be better to invest in further
increases to the existing Canada Child Tax Benefit, a modern and effective
social program that suffers from none of the failings of the proposed
Choice in Child Care Allowance.
ISBN - 1-55382-162-9
7 pages
Price - No Charge
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