VANCOUVER—Families with less than $40,000 of annual household income receive 16.2 per cent of total benefits from the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) program compared to 21.8 per cent under two child benefit programs that were scrapped and replaced by the CCB, finds a new essay released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.
“Canadian families that need these benefits the most are getting less of the total benefit than they did under the two previous programs, which raises questions about the CCB’s ability to target those most in need,” said Christopher Sarlo, Fraser Institute senior fellow, professor of economics at Nipissing University and co-author of Is the CCB Targeted to those Most in Need?, part one of an essay series on the Canada Child Benefit.
