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Caregiving advocates are praising the federal government’s announcement in last week’s budget that it will make the Canada Caregiver Credit refundable. 

“For the first time in Canadian history, the federal government is spending real money to support the … financial well-being of caregivers,” said James Janeiro, chief policy officer and government relations officer at the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence, a program of the Azrieli Foundation. 

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Meagan Gillmore is an Ottawa-based reporter with a decade of journalism experience. Meagan got her start as a general assignment reporter at The Yukon News. She has freelanced for the CBC, The Toronto...