Special Care Afforded to the Elderly (in Quebec)
By Hubert Bauch, Gazette
March 14, 2008
Canada
In a budget with no big winners, seniors, at least, came out somewhat ahead.
Measures for the elderly in the provincial budget include tax breaks and increased funding for services to seniors.
The new measures will add $1 billion to government spending on seniors' programs over the next five years. Of that, $35 million a year will go toward an increase in the tax credit for home-support expenses, which the budget boosts to 30 per cent from 25 per cent for people over 70.
When these measures are fully implemented, an elderly couple living at home with one income of $25,000 would get a $3,300 benefit by 2011, for example.The government also will spend an additional $80 million to step up the development of home-support services for the elderly.
Abridged
SOURCE: digitalcalgaryherald
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