>Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled a boost to the GST credit as part of a suite of new affordability measures.
>Carney made the announcement in Ottawa on Monday, launching what’s called the “Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit.”
>The quarterly GST payments will see an increase of 25 per cent over the next five years, and will also include a one-time top-up of 50 per cent this June.
>According to the federal government, a family of four will receive up to $1,890 this year with the increases, compared to $1,100 a year as the credit exists now. A single person, meanwhile, would receive $950 this year compared to $540.
MilesOfPebbles on
Canada has the biggest grocery inflation in the G7. I don’t think this is the answer.
Morlu on
Middle class getting squeezed with higher costs… I guess they get nothing, like usual.
SteadyMercury1 on
I hate calling them affordability measures. When the government gives you money to pay for something or to offset a cost it’s an unaffordability measure. It’s the government acknowledging that something that ought to be affordable to people isn’t.
An affordability measure would be making those items cheaper through policy.
anonymoooosey on
I’m in my 30s and haven’t gotten that rebate in over a decade.
SorryImEhCanadian on
Ah the middle class will see none of this. I apparently make too much to qualify for the GST credit.
Personal-Recipe-4751 on
Per usual the middle class gets to pay for this and also have to deal with the fallout from inflation.
LittleSunshyne4 on
omg, just fix the reason why price are so high. Bring in competition from grocerers around the world. France has a lot of names that are everywhere why not here ?
A lot of people don’t the GST including me but grocery prices are still fucking us RAW.
Jayston1994 on
Yeah I’m sure that’ll fix the systemic economic rot 😂 Canada loves bandaids and kicking the can down the road!
SheIsABadMamaJama on
This is not what the solution is, but this is the Liberal classic.
Safe-Development7359 on
Come on Carney, you’re a banker. If you increase demand while keeping supply stable, prices go up. Giving people more money to buy expensive food will just result in food getting even more expensive. I can accept this as a band-aid solution for temporary relief for lower-income households, but the real solution is bringing down the price of food via more competition or increasing supply.
Levorotatory on
Is he going to fix the clawback formula so that two people don’t go from both getting the full credit to both getting nothing for being honest with the CRA about their relationship status?
Background_Touch8626 on
Its heavily income tested.. like family of income more than like 60k is not qualified
Odd-Emphasis-1969 on
What’s the cost for this?
FlyingRock20 on
Would of not been better to just cut income taxes, so people can have more money in their pocket. How about we try and get more competition or fixing the dairy cartel. Stop all these government enforced monopolies.
CastAside1812 on
The Liberal government is very good for very poor people and very rich people.
If you’re a lifelong renter who will never make enough to own – here comes BuildCanadaHomes mass producing subsidized government rentals. Plus tax rebates.
If you’re a rich homeowner – expect the Liberals to do everything they can to continue to prop up real estate prices.
If you’re a middle class Canadian with a bloated mortgage due to the above – or just trying to save a downpayment – you can get bent. No tax rebates, but you’ll be damn sure you’re paying plenty in tax. And no hope in sight for normal home prices.
People aren’t ready to hear this but the „utopia“ Nordic countries have such great services because they tax their poor citizens much more than we do.
dollarsandcents101 on
Feeling the need to dole this out is a failure of government policy. Through this we’re literally indirectly giving food stamps to over a quarter of the Canadian population.
Carney has been PM for nearly a year now and food inflation for the past year has been entirely on his watch. At some point Canada’s ’new‘ govenrment needs to take ownership for their failures to date.
freeSoundd on
TAX THE RICH ( PPL LIKE YOURSELF AND JT) MR. CARNEY
budgieinthevacuum on
$56,181 for 2024 single person is the max but that’s gross income. It should be NET. People pay into taxes, CPP, EI and there are deductions if someone has health/dental benefit. People also have to pay rent or a mortgage and possibly transportation/fuel/insurance.
At about $75K for example the net ends up being below this maximum with deductions and isn’t really livable in Toronto / Vancouver at all but costs have skyrocketed across the country.
KageyK on
Grocery prices so bad that the store removed all the prices from the shot of the podium.
If you are so embarrassed of your pricing that you need to remove it for an event, you are probably charging too much.
(I do realize they were probably asked to remove it)
Avelion2 on
No mentioned here but the Carney government is also letting companies write off new greenhouses as a tax expense and beefing up the competition bureau.
* The government is setting aside $500 million from the [Strategic Response Fund](https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/programs-and-initiatives/strategic-response-fund) to help businesses address the costs of supply chain disruptions without passing those costs on to Canadians at the checkout line.
* For the same purpose, the government will create a $150 million Food Security Fund under the existing [Regional Tariff Response Initiative](https://www.canada.ca/en/atlantic-canada-opportunities/services/regional-tariff-response-initiative/rtri-rda.html) for small and medium enterprises and the organisations that support them.
* To lower the cost of food production, we are introducing immediate expensing for greenhouse buildings. This allows producers to fully write off greenhouses acquired on or after November 4, 2025, and that become available for use before 2030. This measure supports increased domestic supply and investment in food production over the medium-term.
* To ease immediate pressures with food banks, the government is providing $20 million to the Local Food Infrastructure Fund. This supports food banks and other national, regional, and local organisations to deliver more nutritious food to families in need.
* To tackle the root causes of food insecurity, we are developing a National Food Security Strategy – one that strengthens domestic food production and improves access to affordable, nutritious food.
* This strategy will also include measures to implement unit price labelling and support the work of the Competition Bureau in monitoring and enforcing competition in the market, including food supply chains.
Zealousideal-Key2398 on
Sorry but I still prefer a income tax cut since it benefits both single and married couples
Puzzleheaded_Sky516 on
It’s a band aid solution but it’s good for those at the bottom.
The federal government needs to address the monopolies in grocery and the price fixing they’re doing. They should be competing to sell products but instead they’re collaborating to set prices higher and higher each year.
Available-Ad-3154 on
At this point, and I say this as a conservative, the government needs to step in and break up these monopolistic corporations or come out with a federally ran company for grocery sales.
jp3372 on
Same old liberal trick, putting more money into circulation to think this will solve inflation.
O00O0O00 on
More handouts = more taxes. This isn’t a win for anyone.
Workadis on
Weston is foaming at the mouth excited for his next price hike.
Ancient_Paper6584 on
😂😂😂 buying election votes??.?.? 😂🤣😂
Shad0wCutter on
As much as I think Carney is a good leader, he serves the interests of corporations not Canadians and the sooner the people realize the sooner we can effect real change.
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>Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled a boost to the GST credit as part of a suite of new affordability measures.
>Carney made the announcement in Ottawa on Monday, launching what’s called the “Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit.”
>The quarterly GST payments will see an increase of 25 per cent over the next five years, and will also include a one-time top-up of 50 per cent this June.
>According to the federal government, a family of four will receive up to $1,890 this year with the increases, compared to $1,100 a year as the credit exists now. A single person, meanwhile, would receive $950 this year compared to $540.
Canada has the biggest grocery inflation in the G7. I don’t think this is the answer.
Middle class getting squeezed with higher costs… I guess they get nothing, like usual.
I hate calling them affordability measures. When the government gives you money to pay for something or to offset a cost it’s an unaffordability measure. It’s the government acknowledging that something that ought to be affordable to people isn’t.
An affordability measure would be making those items cheaper through policy.
I’m in my 30s and haven’t gotten that rebate in over a decade.
Ah the middle class will see none of this. I apparently make too much to qualify for the GST credit.
Per usual the middle class gets to pay for this and also have to deal with the fallout from inflation.
omg, just fix the reason why price are so high. Bring in competition from grocerers around the world. France has a lot of names that are everywhere why not here ?
A lot of people don’t the GST including me but grocery prices are still fucking us RAW.
Yeah I’m sure that’ll fix the systemic economic rot 😂 Canada loves bandaids and kicking the can down the road!
This is not what the solution is, but this is the Liberal classic.
Come on Carney, you’re a banker. If you increase demand while keeping supply stable, prices go up. Giving people more money to buy expensive food will just result in food getting even more expensive. I can accept this as a band-aid solution for temporary relief for lower-income households, but the real solution is bringing down the price of food via more competition or increasing supply.
Is he going to fix the clawback formula so that two people don’t go from both getting the full credit to both getting nothing for being honest with the CRA about their relationship status?
Its heavily income tested.. like family of income more than like 60k is not qualified
What’s the cost for this?
Would of not been better to just cut income taxes, so people can have more money in their pocket. How about we try and get more competition or fixing the dairy cartel. Stop all these government enforced monopolies.
The Liberal government is very good for very poor people and very rich people.
If you’re a lifelong renter who will never make enough to own – here comes BuildCanadaHomes mass producing subsidized government rentals. Plus tax rebates.
If you’re a rich homeowner – expect the Liberals to do everything they can to continue to prop up real estate prices.
If you’re a middle class Canadian with a bloated mortgage due to the above – or just trying to save a downpayment – you can get bent. No tax rebates, but you’ll be damn sure you’re paying plenty in tax. And no hope in sight for normal home prices.
People aren’t ready to hear this but the „utopia“ Nordic countries have such great services because they tax their poor citizens much more than we do.
Feeling the need to dole this out is a failure of government policy. Through this we’re literally indirectly giving food stamps to over a quarter of the Canadian population.
Carney has been PM for nearly a year now and food inflation for the past year has been entirely on his watch. At some point Canada’s ’new‘ govenrment needs to take ownership for their failures to date.
TAX THE RICH ( PPL LIKE YOURSELF AND JT) MR. CARNEY
$56,181 for 2024 single person is the max but that’s gross income. It should be NET. People pay into taxes, CPP, EI and there are deductions if someone has health/dental benefit. People also have to pay rent or a mortgage and possibly transportation/fuel/insurance.
At about $75K for example the net ends up being below this maximum with deductions and isn’t really livable in Toronto / Vancouver at all but costs have skyrocketed across the country.
Grocery prices so bad that the store removed all the prices from the shot of the podium.
If you are so embarrassed of your pricing that you need to remove it for an event, you are probably charging too much.
(I do realize they were probably asked to remove it)
No mentioned here but the Carney government is also letting companies write off new greenhouses as a tax expense and beefing up the competition bureau.
That might put a small dent in food prices.
[Prime Minister Carney announces new measures to make groceries and other essentials more affordable for Canadians | Prime Minister of Canada](https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/01/26/prime-minister-carney-announces-new-measures-make-groceries-and-other)
* The government is setting aside $500 million from the [Strategic Response Fund](https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/programs-and-initiatives/strategic-response-fund) to help businesses address the costs of supply chain disruptions without passing those costs on to Canadians at the checkout line.
* For the same purpose, the government will create a $150 million Food Security Fund under the existing [Regional Tariff Response Initiative](https://www.canada.ca/en/atlantic-canada-opportunities/services/regional-tariff-response-initiative/rtri-rda.html) for small and medium enterprises and the organisations that support them.
* To lower the cost of food production, we are introducing immediate expensing for greenhouse buildings. This allows producers to fully write off greenhouses acquired on or after November 4, 2025, and that become available for use before 2030. This measure supports increased domestic supply and investment in food production over the medium-term.
* To ease immediate pressures with food banks, the government is providing $20 million to the Local Food Infrastructure Fund. This supports food banks and other national, regional, and local organisations to deliver more nutritious food to families in need.
* To tackle the root causes of food insecurity, we are developing a National Food Security Strategy – one that strengthens domestic food production and improves access to affordable, nutritious food.
* This strategy will also include measures to implement unit price labelling and support the work of the Competition Bureau in monitoring and enforcing competition in the market, including food supply chains.
Sorry but I still prefer a income tax cut since it benefits both single and married couples
It’s a band aid solution but it’s good for those at the bottom.
The federal government needs to address the monopolies in grocery and the price fixing they’re doing. They should be competing to sell products but instead they’re collaborating to set prices higher and higher each year.
At this point, and I say this as a conservative, the government needs to step in and break up these monopolistic corporations or come out with a federally ran company for grocery sales.
Same old liberal trick, putting more money into circulation to think this will solve inflation.
More handouts = more taxes. This isn’t a win for anyone.
Weston is foaming at the mouth excited for his next price hike.
😂😂😂 buying election votes??.?.? 😂🤣😂
As much as I think Carney is a good leader, he serves the interests of corporations not Canadians and the sooner the people realize the sooner we can effect real change.