Close Menu
    Politik

    SCOOP: Freeland macht am Montag versprochene Schecks über 250 US-Dollar für „arbeitende Kanadier“ im Minibudget rückgängig


    SCOOP: Freeland macht am Montag versprochene Schecks über 250 US-Dollar für „arbeitende Kanadier“ im Minibudget rückgängig

    https://nationalpost.com/opinion/scoop-freeland-to-reverse-promised-250-working-canadians-cheques-in-mini-budget-monday

    View 9 Comments

    9 Comments

    1. Past_Distribution144 on

      Not shocking, NDP was firmly against it since it didn’t support people that really needed it. (The unemployed/medically unable to work)

      Woulda been a nice trip to the grocery store though, all on the governments dime. Or at least most of it.

    2. m0nkyman on

      Snatching a bigger defeat from the jaws of defeat. Now everyone who was pissed off and everybody who wasn’t is pissed that they’ve now had 250$ taken away that they were briefly expecting.

    3. zxc999 on

      Good. Blowing 5b on a $200 cheque, which is just a drop in the bucket for most, is probably one of the worst ideas this government had.

    4. falafeldad on

      Isn’t this an example of democracy working as intended?
      Leading gov pitched an idea, didn’t get positive traction, gov is walking it back.
      Don’t think that I’m defending Freeland or implying this isn’t a dumb idea to being with. Just pointing out 2 things:
      – many other leading parties would never walk back an idea
      – when the ruling party is a minority good things like this happen

    5. drs_ape_brains on

      I said it before and Ill say it again. If they truly wanted to help working Canadians they should give us an income tax break.

    6. TreezusSaves on

      It was cynical when O’Toole did it and it was cynical now, especially if it doesn’t target unemployed or those unable to work. It’s like how the GST holiday affects restaurants and Christmas trees. They’re appealing to a small sliver of the Liberal voter base (those with disposable income but not wealthy) with actions things like this.

    7. AprilsMostAmazing on

      I wasn’t going to get the money cause I made too much but everyone I knew that qualified for it, were looking forward to it

    8. ref7187 on

      Actually the $250 probably already did its job. People who knew it was coming may have already spent it. Not everyone of course. But communicating intention is almost as good as actually following through when it comes to economic tools.

    9. Feedmepi314 on

      A lot of Tory partisans are hell bent on having an election as soon as possible for the pure sake of power. But if I was a party insider, I would honestly be secretly hoping this drags on at least until budget

      Not only are things not getting better for the LPC, they seem to be getting worse. This is just pure flailing. They get all of the downside for pissing off the people who weren’t get the cheques and they won’t even score any points for the people who were getting them (probably pissing them off too now).

      But I’m sure once Trump takes office and our economy is plunged into a recession that will help. Recessions usually help incumbent governments, right?

    Leave A Reply