7 facts Stephen Harper doesn't want you to know about his family tax plan
The Conservatives have a $26.755 billion plan to help families!
Except, it doesn't create any new child care spaces.
And 9 out of 10 households will see zero gain from the signature piece of tax policy: income splitting. And if you do have kids, well, you have to be a certain *kind* of family to qualify for the tax scheme.
In fact, the majority of families that are the target of the income splitting -- parents with children under 18 -- don't quality for the benefit.
But hey, on the plus side, families will get a cheque from Stephen Harper on the eve of the next election (talk about a coincidence!) to help provide "choice" in "child care."
Just don't expect any child care spaces under this expanded Universal Child Care Benefit ($160 a month per child under 6 and $60 a month per child ages 6 to 17). That's because it's not really child care -- it's the return of the baby bonus, and it falls well short of what child care actually costs (running as high as $1,152 per month in Ontario).
Here's a breakdown of key numbers of the Conservative government's new family plan:
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