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- Expand parental leave to include leave to care for elderly family members.
- Increase the proportion of LTC investment in community & home-based care from 13% to 35%.
- Make the Caregiver Tax Credit refundable.
- Change the Home Renovation Tax Credit from $10K/household to $10K/person.
● Provide a dedicated Seniors’ Care Transfer to provinces and territories for specific improvements to home, community and LTC separate from the federal health transfers.
● Shift LTC policy towards aging in place by having the Seniors’ Care Transfer include transformative investment in home and community care (such as naturally occurring retirement communities, co-housing models, and enhanced home support programs).
● Increase the proportion of LTC investment in community and home-based care from 13% to 35% in order to match the OECD average.
● End for-profit LTC facilities and reorient LTC towards community-based models.
● Make the Caregiver Tax Credit a refundable tax credit so that family caregivers have more flexibility (from its current earned tax credit status).
● Change the Home Renovation Tax Credit from $10,000 per household to $10,000 per person for more people to age in place.
— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11