‘Not moms who tucked money away in a Swiss bank account’: advocates warn of clawbacks to Canada Child Benefit for those who received pandemic supports

Advocates and critics are calling on the Liberals to remove pandemic income supports from the child benefit calculation and to reimburse families for the missing amounts, just as the government did in early 2022 for the Guaranteed Income Supplement for seniors.

Families Minister Karina Gould announced the annual inflation-based increase to the Canada Child Benefit on July 20, the same day the Canada Revenue Agency sent out letters informing parents how much they would receive over the next 12 months.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

July 21, 2022

For the second year in a row, parents who received pandemic support payments in the previous calendar year are receiving letters telling them that their Canada Child Benefit payments for the next 12 months will be lower than expected.

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