More money in your pocket: The Working Canadians Rebate - Canada.ca
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The government can’t set prices at the checkout, but we can give Canadians more money in their pockets. To help them buy the things they need and save for the things they want, the government announced that it will be introducing legislation in Parliament that would provide for the delivery of a new $250 Working Canadians Rebate to 18.7 million Canadians in early spring 2025.
  • wise_pancake
    201·
    13 days ago

    Oh boy more vote bribes.

    As an Ontarian I’m so happy I’m getting some petty cash and not doctors.

    This is the straw that broke the camels back, next election on voting NDP.

  • Sunshine (she/her)English
    15·
    13 days ago

    The government can’t set prices at the checkout.

    Neoliberal propaganda right there!

  • stealth_cookies
    13·
    13 days ago

    These rebates are a temporary relief at best. Unless we can reduce the prices that Canadians pay for various sectors (e.g. Groceries and housing) this has zero lasting effect other than people remembering that the government sent them a cheque while the monopolies and oligopolies that overcharge Canadians continue to rake in massive profits.

    • KichaeEnglish
      9·
      12 days ago

      Yeah. It’s marketing, for a government that has lost the confidence of the electorate. Something like this is good PR when they also have introduced meaningful structural changes to lower prices – you know, like, competition, or breaking up the big grocery chains, or what have you – but on its own, it’s going to be seen as possibly even more cynical of a move than it actually is.

      And it’s probably a pretty damn cynical move.

  • OtterMAEnglish
    2·
    12 days ago

    This was reported for being posted twice, so I’m removing the second one (this post) and linked to it from the comments of the other post.

    I changed my mind. Since I was late in getting to this, and both posts have lots of comments already, I’ll leave up both.