New: Personal Support Workers Tax Credit Coming Soon

Personal support workers will receive billions in increased wages from federal/provincial governments in B.C., Newfoundland and Labrador and the Northwest Territories.  Those workers in other provinces will now get a raise too, but they will have to wait until filing their 2026 returns in the spring of 2027 to cash in, according to an October 27 pre-budget announcement.  Here are the details:

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The pre-budget consultations for the 2014 Ontario budget closed on March 28 but the date of the budget has yet to be announced. However, recently leaked government documents indicate that the budget will be presented in the first week of May.

The 2014 Alberta provincial budget was tabled on March 6, 2014. This budget shows an operational surplus of $2.6 billion and the government projects an operational surplus for the following three years of its financial plan.

The 2014 Saskatchewan provincial budget was delivered on March 6. The budget was the seventh consecutive balanced budget in the province.