{"id":"making-canada-caregiver-credit-refundable","slug":"making-canada-caregiver-credit-refundable","title":"Making the Canada Caregiver Credit refundable","chapter":3,"section":"3.1","section_title":"Delivering a boost today","heading":"Making the Canada Caregiver Credit refundable","in_cost_table":true,"capital":false,"fiscal":{"unit":"CAD millions","basis":"accrual, incremental impact on budgetary balance (expense or forgone revenue)","years":["2026-27","2027-28","2028-29","2029-30","2030-31"],"gross":[null,185.0,200.0,220.0,240.0],"gross_total":845.0,"flags":["none",null,null,null,null],"adjustments":[],"net":[null,185.0,200.0,220.0,240.0],"net_total":845.0,"table":{"pdf_page":233,"printed_page":219}},"description":null,"commitments":[{"text":"That is why Budget 2026 proposes to: Make the Canada Caregiver Credit fully refundable, providing $845 million in additional support over four years, starting in 2027-28, and $245 million per year ongoing. 585,000 caregivers would receive support, including 180,000 who currently receive no benefit.","pdf_page":206,"printed_page":192,"quote":"That is why Budget 2026 proposes to: Make the Canada Caregiver Credit fully refundable, providing $845 million in additional support over four years, starting in 2027-28, and $245 million per year ongoing. 585,000 caregivers would receive support, including 180,000 who currently receive no benefit."}],"amounts_in_text":["$845 million","$245 million"],"source":{"pdf_page":205,"printed_page":191,"chapter_url":"https://budget.canada.ca/2026/report-rapport/chap3-en.html#a1"},"money_type":"tax","involves_loans":false,"lenses":["households"],"url":"https://budget2026.warreandvavasour.com/measures/making-canada-caregiver-credit-refundable/","chapter_title":"A more affordable life"}