The Government proposes to strengthen the CCB by increasing the benefits annually to keep pace with the rising cost of living as of July 2018. For 2019 and subsequent taxation years, the government has proposed to introduce the Canada Workers Benefit (CWB), an enhanced version of the Working Income Tax Benefit (WITB). Compared to the WITB, the amount of the basic benefit will be increased, and the threshold from which the benefit phases out will be increased.