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Canada Learning Bond
7 `0 o" O6 ?" r1 Z/ wThe Federal Government, in the 2004 Budget, introduced the Canada Learning
0 E s# w6 N7 Z/ {( BBond. The Bond is aimed at helping low-income families save for their children’s
# ~9 @! A! e' ]$ L8 I' E# _3 ~post-secondary education pursuits. Beginning in 2004, each child born to lowincome
* N1 m' o7 c3 \& n9 Jfamilies, those earning $35,000 or less and who are also entitled to receive2 m0 O% Z" K% i) ? h
the National Child Benefit, will receive a $500 Canada Learning Bond.' ~0 M: w$ C( D9 M
Assuming a child remains qualified for the Canada Learning Bond, the child will
5 o! C6 }( D5 T& K. ]3 gcontinue to receive $100.00 in each subsequent year in Canada Learning Bond6 }* b* j; a; Y+ t- o( p
installments. The Federal Government projects that the Canada Learning Bond will8 U, P# b5 Q3 M8 k/ P+ {
carry a cost of up to $85 million this year and up to 120,000 children will benefit D; F; R/ P! L) h$ W. H; @
from the program2. The government says a child living in a low-income household, x1 W! @* X+ b6 b( n1 o" b4 R9 c0 D
could receive up to $2,000 for their education.
3 y U A0 Y7 z0 z( V4 hAdditionally, in terms of post-secondary education and low-income families, the
; [! L3 g$ d+ h; U# g/ ]4 B+ Agovernment has introduced a new one-time grant of up to $3,000 for first-year8 M4 i( X! z1 Z( J Y& K
students whose family income hovers around $35,000 or less a year.4 y. V7 G7 y/ l* _
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act1 }" R. N, |% M y: h! J* J
During the 2004 Spring Sitting, the Alberta Government introduced and" d2 G+ ^- C, q6 r' b
subsequently passed the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act. The: j& i0 b u1 n5 H( g2 }
program created by the Act is available only to residents of Alberta who have8 {# C1 ?: v7 e. u% g s: _: r
children born after January 1, 2005 (Alberta’s Centennial). The program, at first c4 ?' W9 D, v$ a# f& d: q! |
glance, seems quite simple in scope but it does have many intricate details that,6 O/ z5 X$ v# @; F& A- `
once communicated, reveal a complicated program that relies on proactive parents7 e5 q1 r/ y1 G7 h3 d6 E
to absorb the full benefit of the program.
% T, N& o& [0 k* r# SAlberta residents, who have a baby born on January 1, 2005, or after, will be. |, h/ t' @$ i- o- z& e
eligible for a $500.00 grant toward the baby’s established RESP. The grant will) x5 ^; ]# H& p+ @, O8 w
only be awarded if a RESP is established within the first year of the baby’s birth
3 h3 c6 L7 _' r6 M, C: r7 d(though Alberta Learning is looking to extend this deadline to two years or, albeit
8 ~1 h6 {8 W0 S% T/ ]unlikely, extending the deadline until the baby has reached their first year of
5 D. s3 t j( K5 n9 \/ F2 J5 f7 Jschooling). Should a year elapse and the parents do not arrange an RESP account,
; h) b' J6 e( a5 Qfor the baby, then the baby will not receive the $500.00 grant, period. Subsequent
- c+ ]* c/ c7 o: v$100.00 grants are awarded when the child reaches grades 3, 6 and 9. Each of
/ j8 W0 h- W5 P x3 F" nthose grants will require parents to provide matching dollars to qualify. These7 M- K* }2 l, a' Q1 p% ^
grants are awarded with the same limitations and restrictions as the initial $500.001 }- U7 Y) b7 ?# h1 _
grant. Potentially, an RESP could receive up to $800.00 in Provincial grant money. |
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