If you collect the Canada Child Benefit, you’ll notice a temporary boost to your bank balance today — the government is sending parents an extra $300 for each child to help offset pandemic-related costs.
If you collect the Canada Child Benefit, you’ll notice a temporary boost to your bank balance today — the government is sending parents an extra $300 for each child to help offset pandemic-related costs.
And some parents who normally don’t qualify for the benefit — because they earn too much — also will get cheques, although they’ll be smaller.
A government official, speaking on background, said the 3.7 million families who now collect the CCB — regardless of how much they normally receive — will receive the one-time payment in May. The $300 is over above what they would normally receive from Ottawa.
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