Implementation Date: Fall 2005

End Date: December 31, 2008

Total Expenditures: $357,654,000 to date

Description of Transfer Payment Program: The Energy Cost Benefit (ECB) Program is a one-time payment issued to low-income families with children and to seniors. Families entitled to receive the National Child Benefit (NCB) supplement will receive $250 and seniors entitled to receive the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) will receive $125 or $250 for senior couples. It is estimated that 3.1 million payments will be effected under the ECB consisting of 1.5 million payments by the Canada Revenue Agency to families receiving the NCB and 1.6 million payments by Human Resources and Social Development Canada to seniors receiving the GIS.

Objective(s), expected result(s) and outcomes: The Canada Revenue Agency's second strategic outcome states that “eligible families and individuals receive timely and correct benefit payments contributing to the integrity of the income security system”. In this context, the specific objective of the ECB is to ensure that eligible recipients receive their rightful share of entitlements.

Achieved results or progress made: ECB payments administered by the Canada Revenue Agency were issued by cheque starting on January 12 2006, or will be issued after the assessment of the prospective recipients 2004 tax returns, whichever is the latest.

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