Legislation to create a two-month-long GST holiday is expected to pass today after the federal finance minister separated the GST break from a promise to also send $250 to most working Canadians in the spring.
The bill was introduced on behalf of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon, with the help of the NDP to at least temporarily stop debate on a Conservative filibuster.The NDP only agreed to support the bill after Freeland separated the GST break from a promise to also send $250 to most working Canadians in the spring.
The government says someone spending $2,000 on such items over the two-month period will save between $100 and $260 depending on the province.The difference is because the four Atlantic provinces and Ontario have a harmonized sales tax with Ottawa, which means the entirety of that - 15 per cent in the Atlantic and 13 per cent in Ontario - will be lifted.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said the bill should pass tonight, even though Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre "hates it."But he said the NDP wants the GST permanently off daily essentials and monthly internet, phone and home heating bills. Ontario says it will match the federal government’s two-month GST holiday by removing provincial sales tax from items that are not currently covered by existing provincial rebates.Trump transition says cabinet picks, appointees were targeted by bomb threats, swatting attacks
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on the federal government to 'take a more proactive approach at the border' following a call Wednesday night between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and all 13 premiers to discuss U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's tariff threat.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promised holiday consumer relief package has been split in half.
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