© Reuters. A neighbourhood sits next to the protected Oak Ridges Moraine as part of the Greenbelt in Maple, Ontario, Canada April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government will provide a C$99 million ($73.1 million) top-up to a housing benefit plan for low earners who need help paying rent, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday.
Freeland, speaking to reporters in Ottawa, also announced C$100 million in emergency winter funding to provide more shelter spaces for people experiencing homelessness.
($1 = 1.3537 Canadian dollars)