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2. Roundtable
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 ====
● [https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census2/index 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 [https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/calendar.html Benefits payment dates web page] with the 2023 payment dates
==== CRA ====
2 benefits using a “get ready to apply” approach:
● [https://www.canada.ca/en/services/taxes/child-and-family-benefits/top-up-canada-housing-benefit.html 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
● [https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/dental-benefit.html Canada Dental Benefit] - interim benefit to help lower dental costs for eligible families earning less than $90,000 per year
==== NRCan ====
[https://www.canada.ca/en/natural-resources-canada/news/2022/11/making-home-heating-more-affordable-for-canadians-while-fighting-climate-change.html 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