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Doug Ford’s ‘absolutely cruel’ decision to axe child benefit will affect 1,800 kids in Hamilton

The city’s most vulnerable families will face greater hunger, homelessness and ‘extreme hardship’ if program is cut and nothing is done to make up for the loss, says anti-poverty advocate

A Hamilton anti-poverty advocate calls the Ford government's elimination of a child benefit "absolutely cruel" amid a city report showing 1,800 children receive it.

The Transition Child Benefit currently provides refugee-claimant families and low-income families who are unable to access Ontario or Canada child benefits with a maximum of $230 per child per month. The Ford government announced in April it will eliminate the benefit as of November 1, leaving vulnerable families worried about their future, advocates fuming and municipalities scrambling to make up the loss.

A recent city of Hamilton report states 1,800 children in Hamilton receive the benefit, paid out by the province. About 40 per cent of cases involve refugee claimants and 87 per cent of cases involve children under the age of three.

Link https://www.thespec.com/news-story/9597883-doug-ford-s-absolutely-cruel-decision-to-axe-child-benefit-will-affect-1-800-kids-in-hamilton/?fbclid=iwar0clirfgimyg3nzpvdbmeuybdqvsv4kir8yn3zbggou2xxheq8bbmlxfr8