{"id":26064,"date":"2020-12-08T18:54:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T23:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=26064"},"modified":"2020-12-09T13:36:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T18:36:59","slug":"british-columbians-will-get-extra-christmas-cash-from-provincial-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/british-columbians-will-get-extra-christmas-cash-from-provincial-government\/","title":{"rendered":"British Columbians will get extra Christmas cash from provincial government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British Columbia's minister of finance is promising the Pandemic Recovery Benefit will be deposited into residents' bank accounts before Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Selina Robinson announced the details of how to apply for the benefit, which was an NDP election campaign promise, of a tax-free payment of $1,000 dollars to families and $500 dollars to individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Families earning between $125,000-$175,000 will receive reduced amounts on a sliding scale. The same is true for individuals earning between $62,550-$87,500. Robinson says the application process will be simple and the benefit will be paid by direct deposit.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Finance Selina Robinson:<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-26064-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/clip-ROBINSON-pandemic-relief-payment.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/clip-ROBINSON-pandemic-relief-payment.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/clip-ROBINSON-pandemic-relief-payment.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Those who cannot apply online will be able to apply through a designated phone number, starting on Dec. 21. Robinson estimates 3.7 million British Columbians will be eligible for the one time payment. The payout will cost the government $1.7 billion dollars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Columbia&#8217;s minister of finance is promising the Pandemic Recovery Benefit will be deposited into residents&#8217; bank accounts before Christmas. Today, Selina Robinson announced the details of how to apply for the benefit, which was an NDP election campaign promise, of a tax-free payment of $1,000 dollars to families and $500 dollars to individuals. Families&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":26068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,218,225],"tags":[488,3988,3989,1548],"radio":[240],"origine":[280,265,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26064"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26064"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=26064"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=26064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}