November 21, 2022 - Updates, priorities of the week
Back to GC Web Priorities Meetings - Réunions des Priorités Web du GC
Meeting information
Invitation
Monday, November 21, 2022 – 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
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Agenda
1. Updates
2. Roundtable
Notes and action items
Passports
● Making quality of life updates to check status workflow.
● Working to consolidate the How to apply pages
Covid
● No updates
Dental
● Pages launching November 28, with benefit applications beginning in December
LAC
● New census search tool has been soft launched
● It’s currently in beta and will fully launch next week
Health Canada
● Had a comment come in from a member of the public about broken links to Consultations pages - the pages are being fixed
● Reminder to run broken links checks and watch for expiring redirects
Jobs and Benefits
● Updated the Benefits payment dates web page with the 2023 payment dates
CRA
2 benefits using a “get ready to apply” approach:
● One-time top-up to the Canada Housing Benefit - tax-free one-time payment of $500 if your income and the amount that you pay on rent qualify
● Canada Dental Benefit - interim benefit to help lower dental costs for eligible families earning less than $90,000 per year
NRCan
News release: Making home heating more affordable while fighting climate change - program to help households move to electric heat pumps instead of expensive home heating oil
