OTTAWA — The Liberal government introduced a stand-alone bill to implement its proposed GST holiday Wednesday, hours after the NDP threatened it would not pass the legislation if it was linked to a $250 rebate for working Canadians.
The bill would give people a two-month GST exemption on items like premade food at grocery stores, children's clothes, toys, some alcoholic beverages and other holiday season staples.
"People are desperate for relief, and the NDP has won a little help for them," NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in a statement on Wednesday evening."This is not enough — the NDP will permanently take the tax off daily essentials and monthly bills if we win the election, including bills like internet, cellphone and home heating."
The NDP introduced a motion to pause the ongoing privilege debate in order to get the bill introduced, debated and passed with extended sitting days Wednesday and Thursday. The Conservatives insist that debate will continue until the documents are given to the RCMP or the NDP join them and the Bloc Québécois to vote non-confidence in the minority government.
The government has been resistant to calls to expand who gets that money, but some Liberal MPs said earlier on Wednesday that they were open to the idea. Milton MP Adam van Koeverden said about one million working seniors would receive the money, but more could be done."I also think that the conversation that we had today was great and more conversations on affordability are really, really necessary because look, our economy is doing well and that's not a sentiment that's broadly felt."
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