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RESPs platforms

Here's what the 2019 Canadian election parties are promising.
We don't have any Liberal policies on RESPs.

Conservative

Raise the government's contribution to an RESP from 20% to 30% for every dollar invested up to $2,500 a year.

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A couple who begins contributing $25 a month to an RESP right after their child’s birth will receive $1,620 by age 18. That’s $540 more than they would receive currently.

Another couple that is able to invest $50 a month will receive $3,240 in government contributions by age 18. That’s $1,080 more than they would receive currently.

Low-income parents will receive 50 per cent on the first $500 they invest every year. Today, they only receive 40 per cent.

From Andrew Scheer announces plan to boost the RESP, retrieved 2019-10-08.

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We don't have any NDP policies on RESPs.
We don't have any Bloc policies on RESPs.
We don't have any Green policies on RESPs.
We don't have any PPC policies on RESPs.

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