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1. Does the Canada Child Benefit Actually Reduce Child Poverty?

   This essay in the ongoing series on the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) focuses on empirically testing the federal government’s claim that the CCB has dramatically reduced child poverty. The principal analysis in this essay relies on Statistics Canada’s SPSD/M ...

2. The Distribution of the Canada Child Benefit by Family Type and Income Level

   This essay examines the distribution of the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) by family type and by income level. It also compares the value of the average benefit and total spending on child benefits between the previous system of child benefits—the ...

3. Is the Canada Child Benefit Targeted to those Most in Need?

   This essay assesses the federal government’s multiple claims that the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) is targeted to those who need it most. Any program providing benefits to 90 percent or so of families will struggle to be targeted to only those in need. Of ...