Category: AISH

Alberta Says AISH Recipients Left Out of Federal Rent Top-Up Program

March 22, 2023
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The federal government has left out Albertans with disabilities in the one-time top-up to the Canada Housing Benefit (CHB), according to the province’s minister of seniors, Jeremy Nixon. “The federal government is leaving out tens of thousands of AISH [Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped] clients in Alberta for their $500 rent-top up program by…

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Alberta to Use $13.2B Budget Windfall to Pay Down Debt, Put Cash in Piggy Bank

September 1, 2022
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Alberta’s finance minister says the government is going to use this year’s projected windfall budget surplus to pay down debt and put some cash in its piggy bank. Jason Nixon says the plan is to make a $13.4-billion repayment on the provincial debt and add almost $3 billion to the Heritage Savings Trust Fund. “We…

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