Child care benefit cheques coming
Sooke News
July 19, 2006

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On Monday, the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, announced the first Universal Child Care Benefit cheques are being printed and families should receive their cheques before the end of July...

The Universal Child Care Benefit will be paid to families in monthly instalments of $100 per child for children under six.

As a result of the Universal Child Care Benefit, additional revenues of approximately $297 million per year will go to families in British Columbia on behalf of about 248,000 children under the age of six...

The Universal Child Care Benefit is part of the Government of Canada's Universal Child Care Plan to provide parents with choice, support and spaces.

Beginning in 2007, the Government of Canada will also spend $250 million each year to create up to 25,000 new child care spaces annually.