Budget tops up compassionate care plan, spends more on First Nations education – Alaska Highway News
April 21, 2015
OTTAWA – Those who have to take time away from work to care for a dying loved one will get more help from the federal government.
Finance Minister Joe Oliver’s new budget sets aside $37 million more each year for compassionate care benefits under employment insurance.
That will allow people to take up to six months off work, instead of the current six weeks.
The change will come into effect next Jan. 1.
“For more and more Canadians, caring for family not only means making sure the kids get the best start possible in life,” Oliver said in his budget speech to the Commons. “It means being there for parents and other elderly relatives through their final days.
