Benefits of Being a Native in Canada ItsTimeForChange

1. What are the benefits of being a native inCanada? • There are several benefits of being a native in Canada. Indigenous peoples and communities of Canada get many free concessions from the Government of Canada. Not only the government, some private organizations are providing indigenous services in Canada to give free benefits to native Canadians. Here are some of the benefits that are given to the aboriginal peopleof Canada. • Non-insuredhealthbenefitsfornatives • Non-insured health benefits, also known as NIHB, is a program run by the Government of Canada. Under this native Canadians get the benefit of free health checkups and medicines. Underthis program, native people of Canadawill get free benefits like: • Drugandpharmacyproducts • Dentalbenefits

2. Visioncare • Medicalsuppliesandequipment • Medicaltransportation • Mentalhealthcounseling • Toknowtheeligibilityandmoreaboutthisvisithere • Taxesandbenefitsforindigenouspeoples • Indigenous peoples get tax benefits, credit, and exempt income under section 87 of the Income Act. As per the Canada Revenue Agency(CRA), indigenous people are subject to the same rules as any other resident in Canada, except they are eligible according to the Indian act. If nativepeoples file the return, then they willget the following benefits: • Childdisabilitybenefits • Goodsandservicestax/Harmonizedsalestaxcredit • Canadachildbenefit • Disabilitytaxexemption • Canadaworkersbenefits • Climateactionincentive • Northernresidentsdeductions • Indigenousstatus: • The Indigenous status card is another benefit given to the indigenous community of Canada. Not all indigenous communities get this status card such as Inuits and Metis are not eligible for this because they are not an "Indian" according to Indian Act. So other aboriginal communities who are defined as Indian can apply for the status card here. Advantages of having a status card: • Treatyannuitypayments • Trustmoney • CancrossCanada-USborder • Estateservices • Socialprograms: • There are a number of social programs that are run by the government. These social programs are run to support indigenous families and communities. Also improves the economy, living, health,and education status of the aboriginal peoples. It has different programs as follow: • Firstnationschildandfamilyservices • Familyviolencepreventionprogram • Theon-reserveincomeassistanceprogram • Assistedlivingprogram

3. Communitywell-beingandjurisdictioninitiativesprogram • Indigenousrights: • Canadian Human Rights Commission(CHRC) is working for the betterment of human rights and their protection. In the past, indigenous peoples didn't have full access to human rights but after passing an amendment in 2008 it all changed. Now aboriginal peoples have the right to complainagainst discrimination and other falsesas per the Indian act. • ResidentialRehabilitationAssistanceProgram(RRAP): • Under this program government funding for the restoration and modification of housing at an affordable price.There are several subprograms under this as follow: • Rental Residential RehabilitationAssistance Program • Residential RehabilitationAssistance Program– Conversion • ResidentialRehabilitationAssistanceProgram–SecondaryandGardenSuites • ResidentialRehabilitationAssistanceProgramforPersonswithDisabilities • Knowmoreaboutalltheseprogramshere • These are the major benefits of being native in Canada. Along with essential advantages, native peoplesalso get some additional benefitsunder several programs such as • UnitedNationsDeclarationontheRightsofIndigenousPeoples • CanadianArmed Forces Programs for Indigenous peoples • On-reserve IncomeAssistance program • Matrimonialrealpropertyonreserve • Conclusion: • The Canadian government is constantly working for the betterment of native people in Canada. You can check the listof different programs runningby the federal government of Canada. Not only government but also private organizations working for the economic development of native Canadians. ITFC is one of the private organizations that is providing indigenous services in Canadafor indigenous inclusion.