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From a press release:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n HALIFAX: <\/strong>To help older Nova Scotians dealing with the affordability crisis, Liberal Leader Zach Churchill will table a bill Sept. 10 to double the Seniors Care Grant to $1500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Seniors Care Grant, created to help seniors on fixed incomes stay in their homes longer, isn\u02bct sufficient with the rising cost of living. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Nova Scotia Liberals are calling for the program to be increased from $750 to $1500, and for its eligibility to be increased so more seniors are able to benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSeniors are being forced to make tough choices between heating their homes and paying their phone bills,\u02ee said Liberal Leader Zach Churchill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur seniors have given so much to our province. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “Doubling the Seniors Care Grant is just one way to show them that we care by helping them stay comfortable and healthy within their own homes,” added Churchill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Nova Scotia Liberals will also re-introduce bills throughout the week to strengthen the province\u02bcs social safety net and reverse Premier Tim Houston\u02bcs harmful cuts to the Heating Assistance Rebate Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”210″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”169″] [adrotate banner=”126″] From a press release: HALIFAX: To help older Nova Scotians dealing with the affordability crisis, Liberal Leader Zach Churchill will table a bill Sept. 10 to double the Seniors Care Grant to $1500. The Seniors Care Grant, created to help seniors on fixed incomes stay in their homes longer, isn\u02bct sufficient […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[48,1867,1077,300,5394,1587],"class_list":["post-48290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-n-s","tag-n-s-liberals","tag-nova-scotia","tag-seniors","tag-seniors-care-grant","tag-zach-churchill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}