Will Not Update $500 Grants

Cabinet has no plans to update a federal grant program for schoolchildren that’s been unchanged for decades, says a report by the Department of Social Development. It follows complaints the Canada Education Savings Grant hasn’t kept pace with costs: “This is a way to help our grandchildren given that parents are struggling to make ends meet.”

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