Under the plan, Canadians who worked in 2023 and earned up to 150,000 Canadian dollars (US$107,440) will receive a check for 250 Canadian dollars. Trudeau noted that even those earning at the high end of that amount have been struggling to get by.
'Our government can't set prices at the checkout, but we can put more money in people's pockets,' Trudeau said at a news conference in Toronto. The measures come as a cost of living crisis has left voters unhappy with Trudeau.
The federal goods and services tax break would begin Dec. 14 and end Feb. 15, applying to items including children's clothing and shoes, toys, diapers, restaurant meals, beer, wine, and Christmas trees.
Opposition Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre called the announcement a 'two month temporary tax trick' that won't make up for carbon taxes that are set to go up.
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