Premier parks $1K grocery rebate with no timeline for return
Premier David Eby backed away from a marquee promise of his election campaign Thursday, parking a $1,000 grocery rebate for British Columbians in the face of a looming trade war with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.
The core of the issue is the high cost of the rebate, estimated at $1.8 billion in the first year, and then $1.3 billion annually. That would fund an up to $1,000 rebate cheque for families in the first year, and an income tax cut going forward. Bailey tried to defend the idea last month during an economic update, but also said — in retrospect, what was a telling comment — that “promises that are made during an election period are delivered on during a mandate, a four-year time frame.”“I think, once again, he is using Donald Trump as an excuse,” said B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad.
“John says he cares about affordability for people, but the one thing that's in his control, the tax cut that he's proposing, the Rustad long-wait, you have to wait years to access it,” Eby said during the election radio debate.
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