Newfoundland and Labrador should stop clawing back child support payments from individuals getting income support from the province, says the Child and Youth Advocate in a report released Monday. Jackie Lake Kavanagh says the policy especially hurts single-families led by women, who she said are most vulnerble to poverty. Currently in Newfoundland and Labrador, support payments from the Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour are docked dollar for dollar when a parent pays child support. Al Hawkins says his department is trying to figure out the cost of changing the policy on child support. (CBC)"I was surprised we were still including child support as income," Hawkins said of learning that when he took over the portfolio last fall.

Source: CBC News May 28, 2018 17:09 UTC