Calvert says province won't claw back child care money [CA-SK]

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The Saskatchewan government has decided it will not claw back child care money from the province's poorest families.

Although the federal government plans to send families $100 a month for each child under six, anti-poverty advocates were worried that money might be counted as income and deducted from welfare cheques.

However, Premier Lorne Calvert now says that won't happen.

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The province does have a policy where it deducts a family's income from its welfare payments.

However, Calvert said, the province will not treat the planned federal benefit as income.

- reprinted from CBC News Saskatchewan