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Child care plan subject to taxation [CA] [1]

Letter to the Editor
Author: 
MacGregor, Donna
Source: 
Toronto Star
Format: 
Article
Publication Date: 
20 Jan 2006
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I hope that voters are paying attention to some vital information in this article. Specifically, the fact that the $1,200 promised by the Conservatives in their child care plan is actually less than that amount.

It may come as a great surprise that the $1,200 would be subject to taxation and clawbacks. Subsequently, families earning from $30,000 to $40,000, for example, would receive only $388 a year (just a bit more than $1 a day).

This is not a tiny detail. I think that many people are anticipating the full $1,200 per year, per child.

- reprinted from the Toronto Star

Related link: 
CRRU ISSUE FILE: Early learning and child care in the 2006 federal election [2]
Region: 
Canada [3]
Tags: 
election [4]
funding [5]
federal programs [6]

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[1] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/06/01/child-care-plan-subject-taxation-ca [2] https://childcarecanada.org/res/issues/2006federalelectionintro.htm [3] https://childcarecanada.org/taxonomy/term/7864 [4] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/election [5] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/funding [6] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/federal-programs