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    Trudeau gibt 6,28 Milliarden US-Dollar an neuen Ausgaben für zweimonatige GST-Pause und Konjunkturschecks bekannt


    Trudeau gibt 6,28 Milliarden US-Dollar an neuen Ausgaben für zweimonatige GST-Pause und Konjunkturschecks bekannt

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trudeau-announces-two-month-partial-gst-holiday-250-cheques-for-many/

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    1. StevenMcStevensen on

      How about not wasting our money and giving it to his friends in the first place, instead of a lame attempt to bribe us with our own money?

    2. T0XxXiXiTy on

      “The federal government unveiled its multibillion-dollar plan to alleviate pocketbook pressures for households, dropping the GST on a wide range of products for a two-month period and sending most working Canadians a $250 cheque in April.

      The measures will cost the federal government $6.28-billion, according to the Finance Department – $1.6-billion for the sales tax break and $4.68-billion for the cheques.”

      EDIT1: Items included in the GST holiday:

      Children’s clothing, footwear and diapers

      Children’s car seats

      Real and fake Christmas trees

      Physical newspapers

      Physical books and audiobooks

      Children’s toys and games

      Jigsaw puzzles

      Video-game consoles and physical copies of video games

      Beer, wine, cider, plus coolers up to 7 per cent alcohol by volume

      Snacks such as candy, chips, granola bars, ice cream, pudding

      Baked goods

      Carbonated soft drinks, non-carbonated fruit juice, bottled water, fruit-flavoured beverages

      Prepared foods and food platters

      Food and drinks at restaurants and cafés

      EDIT2: $250 cheques to all those with income in 2023 <$150k, sent in Spring 2025.

    3. 1GutsnGlory1 on

      Election must be around the corner again. Trudeau is pretending he gives a shit and trying to buy your votes with a couple hundred dollar hand out that will end up costing far more down the line.

    4. scarlettceleste on

      I am sure struggling parents are overjoyed they can now afford that PS5 their kids have been wanting for Christmas. What an absolute joke.

    5. Zombo2000 on

      Oh boy a $250 cheque that will inevitably drive up inflation and cost me far more in the long run. I can’t wait!

    6. entropydust on

      Here’s a thought; How about not printing money and inflating the currency supply which is causing more inflation which is the real problem at hand?

    7. HMTMKMKM95 on

      I diskiked this when the Sask Party did it, and I dislike it now. It’s a small band aid that changes nothing and costs a fortune.

    8. Educational-Tone2074 on

      It’s just going to cost is more in debt servicing. 

      Maybe use it to buy something useful. 

    11. Common-Challenge-555 on

      Kind of wish he used that money to find a way to cut my monthly grocery bills in half for the next year.

      On that note if food companies profits next year go up by 6 billion, going to be pissed.

    13. Angry_beaver_1867 on

      $6b is about a subway line. I’m sure that would be more beneficial 

    14. bannab1188 on

      🎉great, so with my $150k salary, I can now afford to buy some beers and watch the kids play on their new PS5 … because prior to that announcement the $12 cost of GST would have held me back.

      FFS, can we maybe apply that money to the deficit, invest in medical care, maybe build some houses? No, you get $250 and you get $250 (well, except you pensioner and not you, you’re on disability).

      🤡show. Reverse this decision and fire everyone who thought it was a good idea and use the savings to hire back those CRA term employees.

    15. DarkSkyDad on

      Man…the CERB payments are still haunting many including this government. Stop sending money.

      Ok, dropping GST, I will take that even though by list it won’t help my household much.

      How about dropping the Carbon tax? That covers almost anything.

    17. Abyssus88 on

      well at least we know the NDP is selling out Canada to support this…………….

    18. LipSeams on

      at this point you either A) need a second passport B) a plot of land to sustain yourself when this all goes to shit.

      this country is beyond fucked.

    20. peshwai on

      I wish there was a way to protest this spending by not paying my taxes . $6 billion could be spent on important things . To begin with strengthening our defence or fixing the economy. The priorities of this government 😥

    21. Foodwraith on

      What are the administrative costs to business to adjust what is no longer taxed on a temporary basis? It must be enormous.

      Aside from the colossal waste of national revenue on a nearly meaningless gesture by a government scrambling to do anything to stay alive, this is yet another example of the financial incompetence of Trudeau and his trust fund friends.

    22. pepperloaf197 on

      50+ billion dollar deficit. Imagine what that could have bought. Had he not doubled the debt it would be 25 billion. Imagine what that buys. Now doesn’t that put this all in context?

    24. Vigerous_Stroker1812 on

      Just call the election already and get out over with. This desperate act just digs a bigger hole for whoever comes next

    27. sakjdbasd on

      imagine what 6b here and 3b from ford can be used for，imagine the nurses and doctors we wont lose to the private sectors？imagine the amount of hospitals that can be built？i swear canadians politicians are just slimy weasels all around

    28. MapleMaScoot on

      Fuck this sack of shit. Wasting our taxes on nothing but bribery.

    29. Alextryingforgrate on

      Maybe just get rid of GST all together if you really want to buy votes.

    30. kheeshbabab on

      What a total idiot. Add to the fiscal deficit by relaxing tax on the majority of non essential stuff, and to inflation and against BoC targets so rates don’t come down and business struggle with higher cost of borrowing. These guys have no econ understanding.

      They think bribing will help em sway support in favor.

    31. 3BordersPeak on

      So… What is the ulterior motive to this? Because I know the government doesn’t just do shit to be charitable. There’s some reason behind this or something to be gained.

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