The Canada Revenue Agency will be issuing the long-promised 'grocery rebate' payments to eligible Canadians on July 5. The food-inflation focused affordability measure is set to roll out to approximately 11 million low- and modest-income Canadians. Here's how much money those eligible can expect to receive.

(Rachel Aiello/CTV News)

  • GrindingGears@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    I mean I’m not attacking people with lower means, but this is the stupidest plan ever. Also, as a high income earner, I love how this signifies that I’m not affected by inflation, when I certainly am. My groceries are up 10-20% too, just like everyone else’s. What is the government doing about that?

    I wish they’d take these millions or billions, and set up a consumer protection bureau, instead of giving people a few hundred bucks, which isn’t going to fix the problem or really do much. If anything, it’s behavior that just leads to more inflation. the Liberals are just as bad as the conservatives, won’t go after the real problem, because it would involve attacking their bros.

    • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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      2 years ago

      My groceries are up 10-20% too, just like everyone else’s.

      I wish! I’ve had to stop buying several staple foods because prices went up 35-70% in some cases.

      And to add insult to injury, packages got smaller, so I’d have to buy double to feed the same number of people (and pay more per package!).

      Not only do I think that grocery stores should be forced to refund “excessive profits”, but they should be heavily fined and someone up top should spend time in jail for stealing from the public.

      EDIT: spelling