Province to Eliminate Child Benefit for Refugee Claimants

According to an article in the Toronto Star, Doug Ford's government is removing the child benefit that assists families on welfare with providing food and clothing for their children.

"The cut, buried in April’s provincial budget, will end the Transition Child Benefit which provides up to $230 per month, per child in families on welfare who are not receiving the Ontario and Canada child benefits, such as refugee claimants."

The cut is scheduled to start November 1 and will impact an average of 16,000 children a month province-wide, according to the government.